Endnotes

Preface

1.     “Transcript: Donald Trump announces plan to form presidential exploratory committee,” CNN, “Larry King Live,” October 8, 1999, http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/10/08/trump.transcript/.

2.     Donald Trump with Dave Shiflett, The America We Deserve. (Los Angeles, CA: Renaissance Books, distributed by St. Martin’s Press, 2002).

3.     Adam Nagourney, “President? Why Not? Says a Man at the Top,” New York Times, September 25, 1999, http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/25/nyregion/president-why-not-says-a-man-at-the-top.html.

4.     “Transcript: Donald Trump announces plan to form presidential exploratory committee,” CNN, op.cit.

5.     Pat Buchanan, A Republic, Not an Empire: Reclaiming America’s Destiny (Washington, DC: Regnery, 1999).

6.     “Pat Buchanan insists controversial book not pro-Hitler,” CNN, September 26, 1999, http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/09/26/buchanan.GOP/.

7.     Francis X. Clines, “Trump Quits Grand Old Party for New,” New York Times, October 25, 1999, http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/25/us/trump-quits-grand-old-party-for-new.html.

8.     Stacey Singer, “Trump: I’ve Got What It Takes to Be President,” Sun-Sentinel, Florida, November 16, 1999, http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-11-16/news/9911150656_1_reform-party-robin-hood-donald-trump.

9.     Adam Nagourney, “A Question Trails Trump: Is He Really a Candidate?” New York Times, December 10, 1999, http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/10/us/a-question-trails-trump-is-he-really-a-candidate.html.

10.   Joel Siegel and Corky Siemaszko, “Trump Will Run … AWAY. Donald’s ready to call it quits in presidential race,” New York Daily News, February 14, 2000, http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/trump-run-donald-ready-call-quits-presidential-race-article-1.868809.

11.   Parker, Ashley, and Steve Eder. “Inside the Six Weeks Donald Trump Was a Nonstop ‘Birther’.” New York Times, July 2, 2016. Web. <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/us/politics/donald-trump-Birther-obama.html?_r>.

12.   Ibid.

13.   Ellison, Sarah. “Exclusive: Is Donald Trump’s Endgame the Launch of Trump News?” The Hive. Vanity Fair, June 16, 2016. Web. <http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/06/donald-trump-tv-network>.

14.   Michael Sainato, “WikiLeaks Reveals DNC Elevated Trump to Help Clinton,” Observer.com, October 10, 2016, http://observer.com/2016/10/wikileaks-reveals-dnc-elevated-trump-to-help-clinton/. See also: Tyler O’Neil, “WikiLeaks Bombshell: Clinton Relied on Trump Primary Win, GOP Obliged,” PJ Media, October 10, 2016, https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/10/10/wikileaks-bombshell-clinton-relied-on-trump-primary-win-gop-obliged/.

15.   Phillip Rucker, “On eve of book tour, Hillary Clinton rejects blame for Benghazi and vows to fight back,” Washington Post, June 9, 2014, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/on-eve-of-book-tour-hillary-clinton-causes-flap-by-saying-she-struggled-with-money/2014/06/09/0a21bcce-efe7-11e3-9ebc-2ee6f81ed217_story.html?utm_term=.8a54eb7c4b93. Hillary Clinton, “President Barack Obama endorses Hillary Clinton for President,” posted on YouTube, June 9, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9W0F2mz1jc&spfreload=10.

16.   David French, “Hillary Clinton Greatest ‘Accomplishments,’” National Review, July 16, 2016, http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437949/hillary-clinton-accomplishments-not-much.

17.   Jonathan Chait, “Republicans Say Hillary Clinton Is Running for Obama’s Third Term. Yes, Please,” New York Magazine, September 13, 2016, http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/09/clinton-is-running-for-obamas-third-term-yes-please.html.

18.   Terence P. Jeffrey, “Obama May Become First President Since Hoover Not to See 3% GDP Growth,” CNSNews.com, July 29, 2016, http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/terence-p-jeffrey/obama-may-be-first-president-hoover-not-see-3-gdp-growth.

19.   Louis Woodhill, “Barack Obama’s Sad Record on Economic Growth,” Real Clear Politics, February 1, 2016, http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2016/02/01/barack_obamas_sad_record_on_economic_growth_101987.html.

20.   Susan Jones, “Record Number Employed: 152,085,000; But Record 95,055,000 Not in Labor Force,” CNSNews.com, December 2, 2016, http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/record-number-employed-152085000-record-95055000-americans-not-labor.

21.   Tyler Durden, “Multiple Jobholders Hits 21st Century High, As Full-Time Jobs Tumble,” ZeroHedge.com, November 4, 2016, http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-04/multiple-jobholders-hit-new-all-time-high-full-time-jobs-tumble.

22.   Kelly Riddell, “No, Obama, you presided over a loss of manufacturing jobs and failed to deliver on exports,” Washington Times, November 30, 3016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/30/no-obama-you-presided-over-loss-manufacturing-jobs/.

23.   Rick Baum, “During Obama’s Presidency Wealth Inequality Has Increased and Poverty Levels Are Higher,” Counterpunch, February 28, 2016, http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/26/during-obamas-presidency-wealth-inequality-has-increased-and-poverty-levels-are-higher/.

24.   Nadia Pfaum, “Trump: 43 million Americans on food stamps—True,” Politifact.com, July 21, 2016, http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/21/donald-trump/trump-43-million-americans-food-stamps/. See also: Ryan McMaken, “Thanks, Bush and Obama: 1 in 7 Americans Were on Food Stamps,” Mises Wire, Mises Institute, March 8, 2016, https://mises.org/blog/thanks-bush-and-obama-1-7-americans-were-food-stamps-2015.

25.   “Full List of Obama Tax Hikes,” Americans for Tax Reform, no date, http://www.atr.org/full-list-ACA-tax-hikes-a6996.

26.   James L. Gattuso and Diane Katz, “Red Tape Rising 2016: Obama Regs Top $100 Billion Annually,” Heritage Foundation, May 23, 2016, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/05/red-tape-rising-2016-obama-regs-top-100-billion-annually.

27.   Dave Boyer, “$20 trillion man: National debt nearly doubles during Obama presidency,” Washington Times, November 1, 2015, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/1/obama-presidency-to-end-with-20-trillion-national-/.

28.   Paul Sperry, “America has suffered a terror attack every year under Obama,” New York Post, June 16, 2016, http://nypost.com/2016/06/16/america-has-suffered-a-terror-attack-every-year-under-obama/.

29.   Megan Christie, Rhonda Schwartz, Josh Margolin, and Brian Ross, “Christmas Party May Have Triggered San Bernardino Terror Attack: Police,” ABC News, December 1, 2016, http://abcnews.go.com/US/christmas-party-triggered-san-bernardino-terror-attack-police/story?id=43884973.

30.   Ashley Fantz, Faith Karimi, and Elliott C. McLaughlin, “Orlando shooting: 49 killed, shooter pledged ISIS allegiance,” CNN, June 13, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/12/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting/.

31.   Paul Bedard, “99 percent Muslim, 43,000 Somali refugees settled in U.S. under Obama,” Washington Examiner, November 28, 2016, http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/99-muslim-43000-somali-refugees-settled-in-us-under-obama/article/2608316.

32.   Stephen Dinan, “Obama administration to go beyond 10,000 Syrian refugees,” Washington Times, August 5, 2015, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/5/obama-admin-go-beyond-10000-syrian-refugees/.

33.   David A. Fahrenthold, Tom Hamburger, and Rosalind S. Helderman, “The inside story of how the Clintons built a $2 billion global empire,” Washington Post, June 2, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-inside-story-of-how-the-clintons-built-a-2-billion-global-empire/2015/06/02/b6eab638-0957-11e5-a7ad-b430fc1d3f5c_story.html.

34.   Gallup Poll

35.   Massimo Calabresi, “Remembering 1980: Are the Polls Missing Something?” Time, October 31, 2012, http://swampland.time.com/2012/10/31/remembering-1980-are-the-polls-missing-something/.

36.   For the comparison of the 2016 presidential election to 2008, see: Jerome R. Corsi, “Will This Election Day Be Repeat of 1980?” WND.com, October 19, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/will-this-election-day-be-repeat-of-1980/.

Part 1

1.     Theodore H. White, The Making of the President 1960 (New York: Atheneum Publishers, 1961), p. 79.

2.     Editorial, “Ben Carson for President,” Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2013, http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323452204578292302358207828.

Chapter 1

1.     Quoted in Daniel Schulman, “Donald Trump Can’t Stop Trash Talking Jeb Bush,” Mother Jones, February 8, 2016, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/02/donald-trump-cant-stop-trash-talking-jeb-bush.

2.     Theodore Schleifer, “Bush takes on immigration—but at heckler’s request,” CNN Politics, updated June 16, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/15/politics/jeb-bush-immigration-protestors-miami/.

3.     United We Dream, @UnitedWeDream, Twitter.com, posted June 15, 2015, at 4:26 pm ET, https://twitter.com/UNITEDWEDREAM/status/610559137752215553. The tweet was linked to the group’s press release, “Breaking: Immigrant Youth Interrupt Jeb Bush Presidential Announcement,” also dated June 15, 2015, http://unitedwedream.org/press-releases/breaking-immigrant-youth-interrupt-jeb-bush-presidential-announcement/.

4.     Phyllis Schlafly, A Choice, Not an Echo (Alton, IL: Pere Marquette, 1964).

5.     “Full text of Jeb Bush’s presidential announcement,” Politico, June 15, 2015, http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/jeb-bush-2016-announcement-full-text-119023.

6.     “Jeb Bush Announces White House Bid, Saying ‘America Deserves Better,” New York Times, June 15, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/us/politics/jeb-bush-presidential-campaign.html.

7.     Time Magazine Staff, “Here’s Donald Trump’s Presidential Announcement Speech,” Time.com, June 16, 2015, http://time.com/3923128/donald-trump-announcement-speech/.

8.     Alexander Burns, “Donald Trump, Pushing Someone Rich, Offers Himself,” New York Times, June 16, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/us/politics/donald-trump-runs-for-president-this-time-for-real-he-says.html.

9.     Jose A. DelReal, “Donald Trump announces presidential bid,” Washington Post, June 6, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/06/16/donald-trump-to-announce-his-presidential-plans-today/.

10.   Ben Terris, “Donald Trump begins 2016 bid, citing his outsider status,” Washington Post, June 16, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-is-now-a-candidate-for-president-of-the-united-states/2015/06/16/5e6d738e-1441-11e5-9ddc-e3353542100c_story.html.

11.   Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press, “Donald Trump says he has no regrets about ’16 kickoff speech,” Press Release, June 17, 2015.

12.   David Bauder, Associated Press Television Writer, “Trump announcement a boon to late-night comics,” June 17, 2015, Press Release.

13.   Jerome Hudson, “22 Times Obama Admin Declared Climate Change a Greater Threat than Terrorism,” Breitbart.com, November 14, 2015, http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/14/22-times-obama-admin-declared-climate-change-greater-threat-terrorism/.

14.   Video, “Donald Trump: John McCain is not a war hero,” Guardian, July 19, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2015/jul/19/donald-trump-john-mccain-not-a-war-hero-video,

15.   Eugene Scott, Mark Preston, and Eric Bradner, “Defiant Trump refuses to apologize to McCain,” CNN Politics, July 20, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/politics/donald-trump-john-mccain-war-hero/.

16.   Nick Gass, “Donald Trump half-apologizes to John McCain,” Politico, July 21, 2015, http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/donald-trump-john-mccain-half-apology-120397.

17.   “‘I love Latinos,’ says Trump at U.S.-Mexico border,” Agence France Press—English, July 23, 2015.

18.   Colin Campbell, “Donald Trump threatens to make Republicans’ worst nightmare come true,” Business Insider, July 23, 2015, http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-third-party-run-2015-7.

19.   Kevin Cirilli and Bob Cusack, “Exclusive: Trump threatens third-party run,” The Hill, July 23, 2015, http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/248910-exclusive-trump-threatens-third-party-run.

20.   Sarah Caspari, “What if Donald Trump runs as an independent?” Christian Science Monitor, July 23, 2015.

21.   Michael Barbaro, Maggie Haberman, and Jonathan Martin, “Can’t Fire Him: Republican Party Frets Over What to Do With Donald Trump,” New York Times July 9, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-party-debate.html?_r=0.

22.   “Vladimir Putin’s approval rating at record levels,” Guardian, July 23, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/world/datablog/2015/jul/23/vladimir-putins-approval-rating-at-record-levels.

23.   Andrew Rafferty, “Trump Says He Would ‘Get Along Very Well’ with Putin,” NBC News, July 30, 2015, http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-says-he-would-get-along-very-well-putin-n401051.

24.   Ashley Parker and David E. Sanger, “Donald Trump Calls on Russia to Find Hillary Clinton’s Missing Emails,” New York Times, July 27, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-clinton-emails.html.

25.   Tyler Durden, “How Matt Drudge Won the 2016 Election,” ZeroHedge.com, November 17, 2016, http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-17/how-matt-drudge-won-2016-election. Original piece submitted by Ethan Harfenist with Tal Reznik, Vocativ.com, November 16, 2016, http://www.vocativ.com/376550/drudge-won-2016-election/.

26.   Miguel Roig-Franzia, “How Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, got Donald Trump’s ear,” Washington Post, November 17, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-alex-jones-conspiracy-theorist-extraordinaire-got-donald-trumps-ear/2016/11/17/583dc190-ab3e-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html?utm_term=.d2d8f61bd9ad.

27.   Roger Stone with Mike Colapietro, The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ. (New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2013).

28.   Miguel Roig-Franzia, “How Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, got Donald Trump’s ear,” Washington Post, loc.cit.

29.   Ibid.

30.   Kit Daniels, “Hillary Clinton Directly Attacks Alex Jones,” Infowars.com, August 25, 2016, http://www.infowars.com/hillary-clinton-directly-attacks-alex-jones/.

31.   Harper Neidig, “Clinton video ties Trump to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones,” The Hill, October 16, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/301266-clinton-campaign-releases-ad-tying-trump-to-conspiracy.

32.   Liam Stack, “He Calls Hillary Clinton a ‘Demon.’ Who is Alex Jones,” New York Times, October 13, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/us/politics/alex-jones.html.

33.   Maggie Haberman, “Alex Jones, Host and Conspiracy Theorist, Says Donald Trump Called to Thank Him,” New York Times, November 16, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/us/politics/alex-jones-trump-call.html?_r=0.

Chapter 2

1.     Donald J. Trump, posted on Twitter, August 7, 2015, https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/629553442944602112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw.

2.     Sarah Dutton, Jennifer DePinto, Anthony Salvanto, and Fred Backus, “CBS News poll: Donald Trump leads GOP field in 2016 presidential race,” CBS News, August 4, 2015, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-poll-donald-trump-leads-gop-field-in-2016-presidential-race/.

3.     Transcript, “Read the Full Text of the Primetime Republican Debate,” Time.com, August 11, 2015, http://time.com/3988276/republican-debate-primetime-transcript-full-text/.

4.     Holly Yan, “Donald Trump’s ‘blood’ comment about Megyn Kelly draws outrage,” CNN Politics, August 8, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/08/politics/donald-trump-cnn-megyn-kelly-comment/.

5.     Ben Jacob, “Donald Trump banned from RedState over menstruation jibe at Megyn Kelly,” Guardian, August 8, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/08/donald-trump-black-balled-by-conservatives-over-menstruation-comment.

6.     “232 Photos, 131 Quotes, 43 Numbers that tell the story of America’s craziest election,” Politico, November/December 2016, http://www.politico.com/magazine/2016-campaign-in-photos.

7.     M.J. Lee and Chris Moody, “Donald Trump signs RNC loyalty pledge,” CNN, September 3, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/03/politics/donald-trump-2016-rnc-pledge-meeting/.

8.     Robert Costa, “Trump’s party loyalty pledge ends one GOP problem, brings others,” Washington Post, September 3, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-sign-gop-pledge-commit-to-back-party-nominee/2015/09/03/c5d9ea7c-5242-11e5-9812-92d5948a40f8_story.html.

9.     Ryan Teague Beckwith, “Transcript: Read the Full Text of the Second Republican Debate,” Time.com, September 16, 2015, http://time.com/4037239/second-republican-debate-transcript-cnn/.

10.   Steve Peoples, Associated Press, “Analysis: Trump underwhelms, Fiorina shines in GOP debate,” Press Release, September 17, 2015.

11.   Paul Solotaroff, “Trump Seriously: On the Trail with the GOP’s Tough Guy,” Rolling Stone, September 9, 2015, http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/trump-seriously-20150909.

12.   Leah Libresco, “Who Spoke the Most?” FiveThirtyEight.com, in an analysis entitled “What Went Down in the Second GOP Debate,” on Nate Silver’s website, September 16, 2015, http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2016-election-second-republican-presidential-debate/.

13.   Harry Enten, “Was the Second Debate the Beginning of the End for Donald Trump?” FiveThirtyEight.com, September 24, 2015, http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/was-the-second-republican-debate-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-donald-trump/.

14.   CNN Rush Transcript, “Trump, Bush Speaking at Campaign Events Tonight; Trump Takes Questions at Town Hall; Trump and Fiorina Attack Business Records,” CNN television broadcast September 17, 2015, http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1509/17/ebo.01.html.

15.   Joy Y. Wang, “Donald Trump fails to correct man who calls Obama Muslim,” MSNBC.com, September 18, 2015, http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/donald-trump-fails-correct-man-who-calls-obama-muslim.

16.   Jill Colvin, Associated Press, “Trump condemned for not correcting statement that Obama is Muslim,” September 19, 2015.

17.   Michelle Toh, “Obama a Muslim ‘problem’? Trump says: ‘I’m not morally obligated to defend the president,’” Christian Science Monitor, September 19, 2015.

18.   CNN Political Unit, “Trump takes credit for Obama birth certificate,” April 27, 2011, http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/27/trump-takes-credit-for-obama-birth-certificate/.

19.   Charles C. W. Cooke, “Donald Trump’s Birther Moment Tells Us about Donald Trump, and Not Much Else,” National Review, September 18, 2015, http://www.nationalreview.com/article/424271/donald-trumps-Birther-moment-tells-us-about-donald-trump-and-not-much-else-charles-c. 1

20.   Khorri Atkinson and Joy Y. Wang, “Donald Trump fires back on anti-Muslim controversy,” MSNBC.com, September 19, 2015, http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/donald-trump-fires-back-anti-muslim-controversy.

21.   Jill Colvin, “10 moments from Trump’s Iowa speech,” Associated Press, November 13, 2015.

22.   Tim Hains, “Trump’s Updated ISIS Plan: ‘Bomb the S… Out of Them,’ Send in Exxon to Rebuild,” RealClearPolitics.com, November 13, 2015.

23.   David Sherfinski, “Trump targets ‘single problem’ in world—and it’s ‘not global warming,’” Washington Times, April 28, 2016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/28/donald-trump-wont-rule-out-using-nuclear-weapons-a/.

24.   Jill Colvin, “Trump says he saw people celebrating 9/11 in Jersey City,” Associated Press, November 22, 2015.

25.   Lauren Carroll, “Fact-checking Trump’s claim that thousands in New Jersey cheered when World Trade Center tumbled,” Politifact.com, November 22, 2015, http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/22/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-claim-thousands-new-jersey-ch/.

26.   Press Release, “Donald J. Trump Statement on Preventing Muslim Immigration,” DonaldJTrump.com, December 7, 2015, https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-statement-on-preventing-muslim-immigration.

27.   Press Release, “Poll of U.S. Muslims Reveals Ominous Levels of Support for Islamic Supremacists’ Doctrine of Shariah, Jihad,” Center for Security Policy, June 23, 2015, http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2015/06/23/nationwide-poll-of-us-muslims-shows-thousands-support-shariah-jihad/.

28.   Edith M. Lederer, “U.N. rights chief: Trump call for Muslim ban ‘irresponsible,’” Associated Press, December 8, 2015, https://www.nexis.com/results/enhdocview.do?docLinkInd=true&ersKey=23_T25139946242&format=GNBFI&startDocNo=0&resultsUrlKey=0_T25139946248&backKey=20_T25139946249&csi=304478&docNo=15.

29.   Collins, Gail. ”Trump Deals the Woman Card.” New York Times, April 27, 2016. Web. <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/opinion/trump-deals-the-woman-card.html>.

30.   Alastair Jamieson, “Donald Trump: Bill Clinton Has ‘Terrible Record of Women Abuse,’” NBC News, December 28, 2015, http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-bill-clinton-has-terrible-record-women-abuse-n486671.

31.   Veronica Stracquarlursi, “Donald Trump Turns Up Attacks on Bill and Hillary Clinton,” ABC News, December 28, 2015, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-turns-attacks-bill-hillary-clinton/story?id=35975280.

32.   Steven Ginsberg and Robert Costa, “I. Will. Never. Leave. This. Race,” Washington Post, December 9, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-will-never-leave-this-race/2015/12/08/af1b1d46-9ad2-11e5-8917-653b65c809eb_story.html.

33.   Nick Gass, “Trump proclaims he will ‘never’ leave the race,” Politico, December 9, 2015, http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/trump-not-leaving-2016-race-216585.

34.   Jeremy Diamond, “Trump: I could ‘shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,’” CNN Politics, January 24, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/23/politics/donald-trump-shoot-somebody-support/.

35.   “Beware of Unauthorized Trump PAC’s, Ed Rollins and Teneo,” BeforeItsNews.com, May 29, 2016, http://beforeitsnews.com/tea-party/2016/05/beware-of-unauthorized-trump-pacs-ed-rollins-and-teneo-2572846.html.

36.   Nick Gass, “Trump super PAC chair predicts he would ‘lose badly today,’” Politico, August 24, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/ed-rollins-trump-lose-227363.

Chapter 3

1.     Steve Holland and Valerie Volcovici, “Eyeing an Indiana victory, Trump says ‘It’s over,’” Reuters, May 2, 2016, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-idUSKCN0XS1AE.

2.     Tierney Sneed, “Ted Cruz: I Would ‘Absolutely Not’ Bail Out the Big Banks Again,” TPM.com, November 10, 2015, http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ted-cruz-banks-fail.

3.     Mike McIntire, “Ted Cruz Didn’t Report Goldman Sachs Loan in a Senate Race,” New York Times, January 13, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/us/politics/ted-cruz-wall-street-loan-senate-bid-2012.html.

4.     Jerome R. Corsi, “Ted Cruz Battles ‘Globalist’ Charge Against Wife,” WND.com, March 31, 2015, http://www.wnd.com/2015/03/ted-cruz-again-battles-globalist-charge-against-wife/,

5.     Theodore Schleifer, “Meet Ted Cruz’s top fundraiser: his wife,” CNN, August 21, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/21/politics/ted-cruz-2016-heidi-cruz-fundraiser/.

6.     Stephen Labaton, “F.D.I.C. Sues Neil Bush and Others at Silverado,” New York Times, September 22, 1990, http://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/22/business/fdic-sues-neil-bush-and-others-at-silverado.html.

7.     “Trump campaign says Donald won’t participate in Fox News/Google debate,” Fox News, January 27, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/27/trump-campaign-says-candidate-won-t-participate-in-fox-newsgoogle-debate.html.

8.     John Whitsides, Ginger Gibon, and Steve Holland, “Trump overshadows Republican debate even as he sits it out,” Reuters, January 29, 2016, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-idUSKCN0V619Q.

9.     David Bauder, Associated Press, “GOP suspends partnership with NBC News for February debate,” published at PBS.org, October 30, 2015, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/gop-will-allow-nbc-co-host-february-debate/.

10.   Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press, “Marco Rubio’s strong third-place finish in Iowa could sound like a starting gun to the Republican Party’s top donors,” published by US News.com, February 3, 2016, http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-02-03/rubio-could-see-campaign-fortunes-rise-from-iowa-finish.

11.   Bill Barrow and Emily Swanson, “In Iowa, late deciders and evangelicals sided against Trump,” February 3, 2016.

12.   Mark Hensch, “Carson slams GOP rivals’ ‘dirty tricks’ in Iowa,” The Hill, February 2, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/267849-carson-slams-gop-rivals-dirty-tricks-in-iowa.

13.   Ibid.

14.   Mark Hensch, “Rep. Steve King: I had ‘obligation’ to tell Iowa voters about Carson,” The Hill, February 3, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/268051-steve-king-i-had-obligation-to-tell-iowa-voters-about.

15.   Jose A. DelReal, “Donald Trump accuses Ted Cruz of fraud in Iowa caucuses, calls for results to be invalidated,” Washington Post, February 3, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/03/donald-trump-accuses-ted-cruz-of-fraud-in-iowa-caucuses-calls-for-results-to-be-invalidated/?utm_term=.6abe441ebdba.

16.   Eliza Collins, “Trump calls Cruz a liar,” Politico, February 2, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/trump-ted-cruz-liar-219190.

17.   Michelle Ye Hee Lee, “Ted Cruz’s claim that he has ‘ever supported legislation’ of undocumented immigrants,” Washington Post, December 18, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/12/18/ted-cruzs-claim-that-he-has-never-supported-legalization-of-undocumented-immigrants/?utm_term=.8a1f71bf3eb8.

18.   William Saletan, “The Real Ted Cruz,” Slate.com, January 10, 2016, http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/01/ted_cruz_may_be_the_most_gifted_liar_ever_to_run_for_president.html. See also: “Cruz: Obama, Hillary, Dems out of touch with American people,” Fox News, December 18, 2015, http://video.foxnews.com/v/4667702262001/?#sp=show-clips.

19.   Eugene Kiely, “Cruz Loans Not ‘Transparent,’” FactCheck.org, January 15, 2016, http://www.factcheck.org/2016/01/cruz-loans-not-transparent/.

20.   Ibid.

21.   Robert Farley, “Cruz’s Record Before the Supreme Court,” FactCheck.org, March 3, 2015, https://www.factcheck.org/2016/03/cruzs-record-before-the-supreme-court/.

22.   Deroy Murdock, “Cruz Campaign Tactics Can’t be TrusTED,” Natonal Review, February 20, 2016, http://www.nationalreview.com/article/431661/ted-cruzs-dirty-campaign-tactics.

23.   Liza Mundy, “The New Power Wives of Capital Hill,” Politico, July/August 2014, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-new-power-wives-of-capitol-hill-108012_Page5.html#.WGbr_neZM9y. See also: Ana Marie Cox, “The Truth Behind Ted Cruz’s Lies,” Daily Beast, March 22, 2015, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/22/the-truth-behind-ted-cruz-s-lies.html.

24.   Paul LeBon, “Liar Liar Cruz on Fire: Exposing the Biggest Fraud in U.S. Political History—Stunning Revelations About Pastor Rafael and Ted Cruz,” Kindle Edition, Amazon Digital Services LLC, July 23, 2015, https://www.amazon.com/Liar-Cruz-Fire-political-Revelations-ebook/dp/B012GPF6PU.

25.   Jill Colvin, “Trump campaign shows a different side after Iowa loss,” Associated Press, February 5, 2016, https://www.nexis.com/results/enhdocview.do?docLinkInd=true&ersKey=23_T25140849888&format=GNBFI&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=0_T25140857822&backKey=20_T25140857823&csi=304478&docNo=39.

26.   Ben Jacobs and Sabrina Siddiqui, “Marco Rubio’s broken record blunder costs him the New Hampshire debate,” Guardian, February 7, 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/07/republican-debate-new-hampshire-marco-rubio-chris-christie-donald-trump-ted-cruz.

27.   “Transcript of the New Hampshire GOP debate, annotated,” Washington Post, February 6, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/06/transcript-of-the-feb-6-gop-debate-annotated/.

28.   Steve Peoples and Julie Bykowicz, “Debate Takeaways: Rubio shaken, Trump not stirred,” Associated Press, February 7, 2016.

29.   Katie Reilly, “14 Times Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Insulted Each Other,” Time.com, September 23, 2016, http://time.com/4506350/donald-trump-ted-cruz-insults/

30.   Katrina Lamansky, “What makes Super Tuesday so ‘super’ for the primary?” ABC, Channel 8 WQAD, Davenport, Iowa.

31.   Glenn Kessler, “Donald Trump and David Duke: For the record,” Washington Post, March 1, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/03/01/donald-trump-and-david-duke-for-the-record/?utm_term=.669a1e5fb390.

32.   Eric Bradner, “Donald Trump stumbles on David Duke, KKK,” CNN Politics, February 29, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/28/politics/donald-trump-white-supremacists/.

33.   Patrick O’Connor, “Mitt Romney Attacks Donald Trump, Pushes for Contested Convention,” Wall Street Journal, March 3, 3016, http://www.wsj.com/articles/mitt-romney-to-attack-donald-trump-as-a-fraud-1457021229.

34.   Transcript of Mitt Romney’s Speech on Donald Trump, New York Times, March 3, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/us/politics/mitt-romney-speech.html?_r=0.

35.   Tom LoBianco, “Donald Trump: Mitt Romney ‘would have dropped to his knees’ for my endorsement,” CNN Politics, March 3, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/politics/donald-trump-mitt-romney-would-have-dropped-to-his-knees-for-my-endorsement/index.html.

36.   Jim Dalrymple II, “Romney Says He Won’t Support Trump, Warns of ‘Trickle-Down Racism,” BuzzFeed, June 20, 2016, https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/romney-says-he-wont-support-trump-warns-of-trickle-down-raci?utm_term=.yu66Xv6wlX#.ecBomvoXQm.

37.   Alex Altman, Zeke J. Miller, and Philip Elliot, “Why a Contested GOP Convention Just Got More Likely,” Time.com, March 16, 2016, http://time.com/4260668/republican-convention-contested-super-tuesday-donald-trump-delegates/.

38.   “Trump builds momentum with big night, narrowing field,” Fox News, March 16, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/16/trump-builds-momentum-with-big-night-narrowing-field.html.

39.   Maggie Haberman, “For His Unconventional Campaign, Donald Trump looks to an Unorthodox Manager,” New York Times, September 3, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/04/us/politics/donald-trump-corey-lewandowski-campaign-manager.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=F88DEBE20D33845E7C970BC8D3712286&gwt=pay.

40.   Michael Sebastian, “14 Things to Know About Hope Hicks, Donald Trump’s 27-Year Old Former Model Press Secretary,” Cosmopolitan, June 20, 3016, http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a56404/who-is-hope-hicks-trump-press-secretary/.

41.   Kenneth P. Vogel, Ben Schreckinger, and Hadas Gold, “Trump campaign manager’s behavior prompts staff concerns,” Politico, March 15, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/donald-trump-corey-lewandowski-220742.

42.   Michelle Fields, “Michelle Fields: In Her Own Words,” Breitbart.com, March 10, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/03/10/3276486/.

43.   Ben Terris, “Inside Trump’s inner circle, his staffers are willing to fight for him. Literally,” Washington Post, March 10, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/inside-trumps-inner-circle-his-staffers-are-willing-to-fight-for-him-literally/2016/03/10/4b2b18e8-e660-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html?utm_term=.92f9bf8c0a13.

44.   Alex Pappas, “Reporter Posts Photo of Bruise After Saying Trump Campaign Manager ‘Yanked Me Down,’” Daily Caller, March 10, 2016, http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/10/reporter-posts-photo-of-bruise-after-saying-trump-campaign-manager-yanked-me-down/.

45.   Rebecca Savransky, “Trump campaign denied altercation with reporter,” The Hill, March 10, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272565-trump-campaign-goes-after-reporter.

46.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Trump Camp Spotlights Fields’ History of Becoming News,” WND.com, March 31, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/03/trump-camp-spotlights-fields-history-of-becoming-news/.

47.   Dylan Byers, Tal Kopan, and Tom LoBianco, “State will not prosecute Donald Trump’s campaign manager,” CNN Politics, April 14, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/13/politics/corey-lewandowski-donald-trump-charges-dropped/.

48.   Dylan Byers, “Donald Trump says reporter made up story about being grabbed by his campaign manager,” CNN Politics, March 11, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/11/politics/donald-trump-breitbart-reporter-michelle-fields-corey-lewandowski/.

49.   Alexander Burns and Maggie Haberman, “Donald Trump Hires Paul Manafort to Lead Delegate Effort,” New York Times, March 28, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/03/28/donald-trump-hires-paul-manafort-to-lead-delegate-effort/?_r=0.

50.   Chris Enloe, “Report: Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski Demoted, Replaced by the Campaign’s Delegate Strategist,” The Blaze, April 19, 2016, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/04/19/report-trump-campaign-manager-corey-lewandowski-demoted-replaced-by-the-campaigns-delegate-strategist/.

51.   Andrew Prokop, “Donald Trump’s amazing incompetence at delegate selection, explained,” Vox.com, April 14, 2016, http://www.vox.com/2016/4/14/11406062/donald-trump-delegates-convention.

52.   Nick Gass, “Trump blasts delegate fight as ‘crooked deal,’” Politico, April 11, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/trump-delegate-fight-crooked-221789.

53.   Lauren Fox, “How Can Ted Cruz Pretend He Deserves the Republican Nomination Now?” TalkingPointsMemo.com, TPM, April 21, 2016, http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/ted-cruz-isgoing-to-have-a-hard-time-convincing-voters-he-deserves-the-nomination.

54.   Kyle Cheney and Darren Samuelsohn, “Cruz campaign hunts for ‘Trojan Horse delegates,” Politico, April 19, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/cruz-campaign-hunting-for-delegate-deserters-222176#ixzz46Ou2a9cE.

55.   Ashley Killough and Eugene Scott, “Trump on Cruz: ‘He’s bribing people, essentially’ for delegates,” CNN Politics, April 25, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/24/politics/donald-trump-jr-ted-cruz-bribery/.

56.   Jacob Engels, “Ted Cruz: Closet Pentecostal,” East Orlando Post, March 10, 2016, http://eastorlandopost.com/ted-cruz-closet-pentecostal.

57.   Sarah Pulliam Bailey, “Ted Cruz’s logo: A burning flag, Al Jazeera’s logo or a Pentecostal church logo?” Washington Post, March 25, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/03/25/ted-cruzs-logo-a-burning-flag-al-jazeeras-logo-or-a-pentecostal-church-logo/?utm_term=.b7a771ff4816.

58.   National Enquirer Staff, “SHOCKING CLAIMS: Pervy Ted Cruz Caught Cheating—With 5 Secret Mistresses!” National Enquirer, March 23, 2016, http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/ted-cruz-sex-scandal-mistresses-cheating-claims/.

59.   166 Dick Siegal, National Enquirer Online Editor, “How the Enquirer Broke the John Edwards Love Child Scandal,” National Enquirer, June 19, 2014, http://www.nationalenquirer.com/photos/how-enquirer-broke-john-edwards-love-child-scandal/.

60.   Tim Hains, “Ted Cruz Denies Affair Allegations: ‘Sleazy Donald’ Trump Is ‘Inventing a Tabloid Smear,” Real Clear Politics, March 25, 2016, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/03/25/ted_cruz_denies_affair_allegations_sleazy_donald_trump_inventing_a_tabloid_smear.html.

61.   Jessica Earnshaw, “Racy naked pic of Donald Trump’s wife Melania used in political campaign against him,” Express, published in the U.K., March 25, 2016, http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/655230/Donald-Trump-wife-Melania-naked-photo-Ted-Cruz-Twitter-row.

62.   Jesse Byrnes, “Trump revs up Heidi Cruz attacks,” The Hill, March 24, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/274159-trump-doubles-down-on-heidi-cruz-attacks.

63.   Jesse Byrnes, “Cruz on Trump threat to wife: ‘That should be beneath Donald,’” The Hill, March 23, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/274007-cruz-on-trump-threatening-wife-that-should-be-beneath.

64.   Michelle Moons, “Donald Trump: ‘Ted Cruz’s Problem with the National Enquirer is His and His Alone,” Breitbart.com, March 25, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/25/donald-trump-ted-cruzs-problem-with-the-national-enquirer-is-his-and-his-alone/.

65.   Wayne Madsen, “Special Report. Mysterious ‘Mr. X’ in photo with Oswald—FBI couldn’t Identify Him,” Wayne Madsen Report, April 15, 2016, http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/articles/20160415_2.

66.   J.R.Taylor, “Ted Cruz’s Father—Caught with JFK Assassin,” National Enquirer, April 20, 2016, http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/ted-cruz-scandal-father-jfk-assassination/.

67.   Maria Recio, “Trump links Cruz’s father to JFK assassin, channeling National Enquirer,” Miami Herald, April 22, 2016, http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article73449297.html.

68.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Source of Trump’s JFK Claim Also Accused Rubio,” WND.com, May 3, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/05/source-of-trumps-jfk-claim-also-accused-rubio/.

69.   Chris Cillizza, “Ted Cruz just threw a Hail Mary named ‘Carly Fiorina,’” Washington Post, April 27, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/27/ted-cruz-picks-carly-fiorina-as-his-vice-presidential-nominee-but-why/?utm_term=.ffd4d6ab425c.

70.   Eric Bradner, John Berman, and Phil Mattingly, “Mike Pence endorses Ted Cruz,” CNN Politics, April 29, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/politics/mike-pence-to-endorse-ted-cruz-friday/.

71.   Fox News Insider, “WATCH: Trump Connects Cruz’s Father to Lee Harvey Oswald,” FoxNews.com, May 3, 2016, http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/05/03/watch-trump-calls-out-cruzs-father-old-photo-lee-harvey-oswald.

72.   Evertt Rosenfeld, “Ted Cruz suspends presidential campaign,” CNBC, May 3, 2016, http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/03/ted-cruz-suspends-campaign.html.

73.   Matt Flegenheimer, “Ted Cruz Suspends His Campaign for President,” New York Times, May 3, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/us/politics/ted-cruz.html.

74.   Matthew Nussbaum, “RNC chairman: Trump is our nominee,” Politico, May 3, 2016, http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/reince-priebus-donald-trump-is-nominee-222767.

75.   Thomas Kaplan, “John Kasich Suspends Campaign for President,” New York Times, May 4, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/us/politics/john-kasich.html.

76.   Ed O’Keefe, “Jeb Bush drops out of 2016 presidential campaign,” Washington Post, February 20, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jeb-bush-suspends-2016-campaign/2016/02/20/d3a7315a-d721-11e5-be55-2cc3c1e4b76b_story.html.

Part 2

1.     Saul D. Alinsky, Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals (New York: Vintage Books, 1971).

2.     Hillary D. Rodham, Political Science, “THERE IS ONLY THE FIGHT … An Analysis of the Alinsky Model,” a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree under the Special Honors Program, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1969, http://www.hillaryclintonquarterly.com/documents/HillaryClintonThesis.pdf.

3.     Dolly Kyle, Hillary: The Other Woman (Washington, DC: WND Books, 2016), p. 32.

Chapter 4

1.     Donald J. Trump, posted on Twitter, May 11, 2016, https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/730343346204508160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw.

2.     Amy Chozick, “Hillary Clinton Announces 2016 Presidential Bid,” New York Times, April 12, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/13/us/politics/hillary-clinton-2016-presidential-campaign.html?_r=0.

3.     “Transcript: Hillary Clinton Announces Run for President. What she said in her highly anticipated video,” Bloomberg Politics, April 13, 2015, http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-13/transcript-hillary-clinton-announces-run-for-president.

4.     Amy Chozick, “Hillary Clinton, in Roosevelt Island Speech, Pledges to Close Income Gap,” New York Times, June 13, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/us/hillary-clinton-attacks-republican-economic-policies-in-roosevelt-island-speech.html.

5.     Sam Frizell, “Transcript: Read the Full Text of Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Launch Speech,” Time.com, June 13, 2015, http://time.com/3920332/transcript-full-text-hillary-clinton-campaign-launch/.

6.     Jane Kasperkevic, “Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign rally on Roosevelt Island—as it happened,” Guardian, June 13, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2015/jun/13/hillary-clinton-campaign-rally-new-york.

7.     Anne Gearan, “How Hillary Clinton launched her campaign’s latest phase,” Washington Post, June 13, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/06/13/after-staying-small-hillary-clinton-goes-big-with-splashy-kick-off-rally-in-new-york/?utm_term=.91aa5fd8cea1.

8.     Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D., “Assessing the ‘Great Society,’” Heritage Institute, June 30, 2014, http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2014/6/assessing-the-great-society.

9.     Bill Chappel, “U.S. Students Slide in Global Rankings on Math, Reading, Science,” NPR—New Jersey Public Radio, December 3, 2013, http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/12/03/248329823/u-s-high-school-students-slide-in-math-reading-science.

10.   Tim Mak, “Bernie’s Past with the Far Far Far Left,” Daily Beast, January 30, 2016, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/30/bernie-s-past-with-the-far-far-far-left.html.

11.   Katharine Q. Seelye, “As Mayor, Bernie Sanders Was More Pragmatist than Socialist,” New York Times, November 25, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/us/politics/as-mayor-bernie-sanders-was-more-pragmatic-than-socialist.html.

12.   Chris Cillizza, “Bernie Sanders isn’t going to be president. That’s not the point,” Washington Post, April 29, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/04/29/bernie-sanders-isnt-going-to-be-president-but-he-matters-anyway/?utm_term=.9676d40fec8c.

13.   Ben Terris, “Bernie Sanders: ‘Now is not the time for thinking small,’” Washington Post, May 26, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/05/26/bernie-sanders-speaks-to-thousands-at-first-big-campaign-rally-now-is-not-the-time-for-thinking-small/?utm_term=.bf0bbac31073.

14.   Russell Berman, “Bernie Sanders Launches His Vermonster Campaign,” The Atlantic, May 26, 2016, http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/05/bernie-sanders-launches-his-run-for-president-in-2016/394118/.

15.   Terris, op.cit.

16.   Ibid.

17.   “Text of Bernie’s Announcement,” Burlington, Vermont, May 26, 2016, BernieSanders.com, https://berniesanders.com/bernies-announcement/.

18.   Eric Levitz, “Entitled Millennial Workers of the World Unite!” New York Magazine, February 4, 2016, http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/01/entitled-millennial-workers-of-the-world-unite.html.

19.   John Wagner, “Why Millennials love Bernie Sanders, and why that may not be enough,” Washington Post, October 27, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-bernie-sanders-anxious-millennials-find-a-candidate-who-speaks-to-them/2015/10/27/923d0b74-66cc-11e5-9223-70cb36460919_story.html?utm_term=.b9042cd42c3c.

20.   Cenk Uygur, “Why Millennials Love Bernie Sanders,” Huffington Post, May 4, 2016, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/why-millennials-love-bernie_b_9839450.html.

21.   Tony Lee, “Ed Klein: Obama Urging Biden to Make WH Run, Rejecting Meetings with Hillary,” Breitbart.com, October 19, 2015, http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/19/ed-klein-obama-urging-biden-to-make-wh-run-rejecting-meetings-with-hillary/.

22.   Alex Seitz-Wald, “Elizabeth Warren: ‘I’m not running and I’m not going to run,’” MSNBC, April 9, 2015, http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/elizabeth-warren-gives-strongest-denial-presidential-run-yet#51859.

23.   Coleen McCain Nelson and Peter Nicholas, “Joe Biden Decides not to Enter Presidential Race,” Wall Street Journal, October 21, 2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-decides-not-to-enter-presidential-race-1445444657. See also: Carol E. Lee, Colleen McCain Nelson, and Peter Nicholas, “How Joe Biden Decided Not to Run for President,” Wall Street Journal, October 21, 2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-joe-biden-decided-not-to-run-for-president-1445460995.

24.   Coleen McCain Nelson, “Beau Biden, Son of Vice President Joe Biden, Dies at 46,” Wall Street Journal, May 30, 2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/beau-biden-vice-president-joe-bidens-elder-son-dies-at-age-46-1433037918.

25.   David Lightman, “Inside Democratic Party, growing concerns about Clinton,” McClatchy DC, August 27, 2015, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article32561658.html. See also: Francesca Chambers, “Democrats worry that Hillary’s not ready for 2016 as campaign clock ticks down and email-gate rages on,” Daily Mail, March 12, 2015, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2991933/Democrats-worry-Hillary-s-not-ready-2016-campaign-clock-ticks-email-gate-rages-on.html.

26.   David Weigel, “Larry Lessig ends presidential campaign, citing unfair debate rules,” Washington Post, November 2, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/02/larry-lessig-ends-presidential-campaign-citing-unfair-debate-rules/?utm_term=.bf9b856c3e5e.

27.   Dan Merica, “Clinton to DNC: ‘Party of Lincoln has become the party of Trump,’” CNN Politics, August 28, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/28/politics/hillary-clinton-2016-dnc-meeting-minneapolis/.

Chapter 5

1.     Tara Golshan, “Donald Trump actually read his victory speech from a teleprompter. Here’s the transcript,” Vox.com, June 7, 2016, http://www.vox.com/2016/6/7/11880448/donald-trump-victory-speech-transcript.

2.     Hadas Gold, “CNN’s Dem debate draws a record 15.3 million viewers,” Politico, October 14, 2015, http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2015/10/democrat-debate-a-ratings-record-214784.

3.     Dominic Patten, “Fox News Channel Wins GOP Debate with Record-Smashing Ratings,” Deadline.com, August 7, 2015, http://deadline.com/2015/08/gop-debate-ratings-fox-donald-trump-megyn-kelly-1201495153/.

4.     Lisa de Moraes, “CNN GOP Debate Draws Nearly 23 Million Viewers,” Deadline.com, September 17, 2015, http://deadline.com/2015/09/cnn-gop-debate-record-ratings-20-million-viewers-1201531579/.

5.     Brian Stelter, “Fox’s GOP debate had record 24 million viewers,” CNN Money, August 7, 2015, http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/07/media/gop-debate-fox-news-ratings/.

6.     Julie Pace and Lisa Lerer, “Clinton, Sanders clash on guns, economy, foreign policy,” Associated Press, October 14, 2015.

7.     Patrick Healy, “After Months of Difficulties, a Night That Turned Clinton’s Way,” New York Times, October 14, 2015.

8.     Associated Press, “Democratic debate on CNN draws 5.6 million viewers,” April 15, 2016, https://www.yahoo.com/tv/democratic-debate-cnn-draws-5-6-million-viewers-194924581.html.

9.     Michael O’Connell, “TV Ratings: 12th GOP Debate Drops to 11.9 Million Viewers on CNN,” Hollywood Reporter, March 11, 2016, http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-ratings-12th-gop-debate-874461.

10.   Manuela Tobias and Nolan D. McCaskill, “Bernie Sanders wins Michigan in stunning upset,” Politico, March 8, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/politico-breaking-news-sanders-wins-michigan-220460.

11.   Carl Bialik, “Why the Polls Missed Bernie Sanders’ Michigan Upset,” FiveThirtyEight.com, March 9, 2016, http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-the-polls-missed-bernie-sanders-michigan-upset/.

12.   “Hillary wears glasses on campaign trail for first time at late-night event in Las Vegas—after coughing fit and the admission she worries about her health,” Daily Mail, February 18, 2016, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3452950/Hillary-wears-glasses-campaign-trail-time-late-night-event-Las-Vegas-coughing-fit-admission-worries-health.html.

13.   “Hillary Clinton suffers from her THIRD public coughing fit while speaking about race relations in Harlem,” Daily Mail, February 17, 2016, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3450558/Hillary-Clinton-suffers-public-coughing-fit-two-years-speaking-race-relations-Harlem.html.

14.   Tom Kertscher, “In Context: Hillary Clinton’s ‘What difference does it make’ comment,” Politifact, May 8, 2013, http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/may/08/context-hillary-clintons-what-difference-does-it-m/.

15.   Amie Parnes, “Clinton breaks into coughing fit hours into Benghazi testimony,” The Hill, October 22, 2015, http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/257843-clinton-breaks-into-coughing-fit-hours-into-benghazi-testimony.

16.   Emily Smith, “Karl Rove: Hillary may have brain damage,” New York Post, Page Six, May 12, 2014, http://pagesix.com/2014/05/12/karl-rove-hillary-clinton-may-have-brain-damage/.

17.   Karen Tumulty, “Rove on Hillary Clinton: ‘Of course she doesn’t have brain damage,’” Washington Post, May 13, 2014, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2014/05/13/karl-rove-hillary-clinton-has-to-be-forthcoming-about-her-2012-health-episode/?utm_term=.abcaa4a87397.

18.   “Hillary Clinton Hospitalized with Blood Clot,” ABC News, December 30, 2012, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/12/hillary-clinton-hospitalized-with-blood-clot/.

19.   Press Release, “Judicial Watch: Email Reveals Top Aide Huma Abedin Warning State Department Staffer that Hillary Clinton Is “Often Confused,” Judicial Watch, November 16, 2015, http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-email-reveals-top-aide-huma-abedin-warning-state-department-staffer-that-hillary-clinton-is-often-confused/.

20.   Amy Chozick, “Finally, an Explanation for Hillary Clinton’s Long Bathroom Break,” New York Times, December 20, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/20/finally-an-explanation-for-hillary-clintons-long-bathroom-break/.

21.   Alex Swoyer, “Law Enforcement Offficials, Medical Professionals: There’s Something Seriously Wrong with Hillary Clinton’s Health,” Breitbart.com, January 6, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/06/law-enforcement-officials-medical-professionals-theres-something-seriously-wrong-hillary-clintons-health/.

22.   WikiLeaks Podesta email #11,562, Subject: “Fwd: Office,” from Robby Mook to John Podesta, March 14, 2015, https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/11563. See also: Ezra Dulis, “WikiLeaks: Hillary Clinton Campaign Plans to Get Ahead of ‘Hyper Sensitive’ Health, Tax Issues,” Breitbart.com, October 16, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/10/16/wikileaks-hillary-clinton-campaign-health-hyper-sensitive/.

23.   WikiLeaks email #29,549, Subject: “Re: Jeb,” from Huma Abedin to Joel Benenson, April 21, 2015, https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/29549. See also: Andrew Stiles, “WikiLeaks: Huma Warned: Hillary ‘Still Not Perfect in Her Head,’” Headstreet, October 25, 2016, http://heatst.com/politics/wikileaks-huma-hillary-cracked-head/.

24.   Lisa Bardack, MD, “Healthcare Statement, RE: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Date of birth: 10/26/47,” letter dated July 28, 2015, https://m.hrc.onl/secretary/10-documents/01-health-financial-records/2015-07-28_Statement_of_Health_-_LBardack.pdf.

25.   Heidi Evans, Daily News Staff Writer, “Hillary Clinton: My life at 60,” New York Daily News, October 27, 2007, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/hillary-clinton-life-60-article-1.228020.

26.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Hillary’s Medications Could Explain Health Scares,” WND.com, January 27, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/01/hillarys-medication-could-explain-health-scares/.

27.   Paul Joseph Watson, “WikiLeaks E-Mails: Hillary Looked Into Parkinson’s Drug After Suffering ‘Decision Fatigue,’” Invowars.com, August 23, 2016, http://www.infowars.com/wikileaks-e-mails-hillary-looked-into-parkinsons-drug-after-suffering-from-decision-fatigue/.

28.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Doctor: Hillary’s Mix of Old-Fashioned Meds Pose Risk,” WND.com, February 2, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/02/doctor-hillarys-mix-of-old-fashioned-meds-pose-risk/.

29.   Becca Stanek, “Superdelegates explained,” The Week, April 4, 2016, http://theweek.com/articles/615261/superdelegates-explained.

30.   Rebecca Kaplan, “What is a superdelegate?” CBS News, February 25, 2016.

31.   Alvin Chang, “What are Democratic superdelegates? A cartoon explainer,” Vox.com, February 12, 2016, http://www.vox.com/2016/2/12/10978302/what-are-democratic-superdelegates.

32.   Callum Borchers, “We need more questions like this one from Jake Tapper to Debbie Wasserman Schultz [video],” Washington Post, February 12, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/12/we-need-more-questions-like-this-one-from-jake-tapper-to-debbie-wasserman-schultz-video/?utm_term=.02fe04508f85.

33.   Ben Norton, “Un-Democratic Party: DNC chair says superdelegates ensure elites don’t have to run ‘against grassroots activists,’” Salon.com, February 13, 2016, http://www.salon.com/2016/02/13/un_democratic_party_dnc_chair_says_superdelegates_ensure_elites_dont_have_to_run_against_grassroots_activists/.

34.   Catherine Lucey and Lisa Lerer, Associated Press, “Eight years later, Clinton ready to break one glass ceiling,” June 7, 2016.

35.   Hope Yen, Associated Press, “Delegate math: Clinton wins, and how AP counts delegates,” June 7, 2016.

36.   “Text of Clinton’s 2008 concession speech,” Guardian, June 7, 2008, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jun/07/hillaryclinton.uselections20081.

37.   “Full Transcript of Hillary Clinton June 7 Victory Speech,” Blue Nation Review, June 8, 2016, http://bluenationreview.com/full-transcript-of-hillary-clintons-june-7-victory-speech/.

38.   Erica Werner and Josh Lederman, Associated Press, “Sanders under pressure to quit as Democrats look to unite,” June 9, 2016.

39.   Clare Foran, “Bernie Sanders Signals the End,” The Atlantic, June 9, 2015, http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/bernie-sanders-president-obama-white-house-hillary-clinton/486416/.

40.   Catherine Lucey, Associated Press, “Sanders to back Clinton. Will supporters follow?” July 12, 2016.

41.   Stewart Ledbetter, “Sen. Bernie Sanders ends bid, endorses Hillary Clinton for president,” NBC Channel 5, July 13, 2016, http://www.mynbc5.com/article/sen-bernie-sanders-ends-bid-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president/3327708.

42.   Ben Norton, “‘This system is so rigged’ Outrage as undemocratic superdelegate system gives Clinton unfair edge over Sanders,” Salon.com, April 12, 2016, http://www.salon.com/2016/04/12/this_system_is_so_rigged_outrage_as_superdelegate_system_undermines_democracy_giving_clinton_unfair_edge_over_sanders/.

43.   “Sanders takes aim at ‘rigged system’ of superdelegates,” Reuters, May 2, 2016, http://www.reuters.com/video/2016/05/02/sanders-takes-aim-at-rigged-system-of-su?videoId=368334396.

44.   Nick Gass, “Clinton press secretary: Superdelegates can help Clinton clinch nomination by early June,” Politico, April 14, 2014, http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/hillary-clinton-needs-superdelegates-221943.

45.   Calvin Woodward, “AP News Guide: Trump sweeps 5 states, Clinton wins 4,” Associated Press, April 27, 2016.

46.   Tom Cahill, “DNC Committee Rejects Amendments to Eliminate Superdelegates After Locking Sanders Delegates Out of the Room,” US Uncut, July 23, 2016, http://usuncut.com/politics/dnc-rules-committee-superdelegates/.

47.   Jon Queally, Staff Writer, “Establishment Wins Again as DNC Rules Committee Rejects Proposal to Abolish Superdelegates,” July 23, 2016, http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/07/23/establishment-wins-again-dnc-rules-committee-rejects-proposal-abolish-superdelegates.

48.   Stephen Braun, Associated Press, “Hacked emails show Democratic Party hostility to Sanders,” July 23, 2016.

49.   WikiLeaks, “The DNC Email Database,” Wikileaks.org, July 22, 2016, https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/.

50.   Email from Brad Marshall, entitled “No shit,” dated May 5, 2016, Wikileaks.org, “The DNC Email Database,” email #7643, https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/7643.

51.   Kristen East, “Top staffer apologizes for email on Sanders’ religion,” Politico, July 23, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/top-dnc-staffer-apologizes-for-email-on-sanders-religion-226072.

52.   Email from Mark Paustenbach to Luis Miranda, entitled “Bernie narrative,” dated May 21, 2016, Wikileaks.org, “The DNC Email Database,” Email #11,056, https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/11056.

53.   Michael Sainato, “WikiLeaks Proves Primary Was Rigged: DNC Undermined Democracy,” Observer, July 22, 2016, http://observer.com/2016/07/wikileaks-proves-primary-was-rigged-dnc-undermined-democracy/.

54.   Guccifer 2.0, “New DNC Docs,” Guccifer2.wordpress.com, July 14, 2016, https://guccifer2.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/new-dnc-docs/.

55.   Ryan Koronowski, “Debbie Wasserman Schultz Resigns from DNC in Wake of WikiLeaks Email Dump,” ThinkProgress.org, July 24, 2016, https://thinkprogress.org/debbie-wasserman-schultz-resigns-from-dnc-in-wake-of-wikileaks-email-dump-d294bbdffb16#.y7ua949lt.

Chapter 6

1.     Jenna Johnson, “At Florida rally, Trump resumes attacking ‘Crooked Hillary Clinton,’” Washington Post, September 27, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/27/at-florida-rally-trump-resumes-attacking-crooked-hillary-clinton/?utm_term=.b4655a999321.

2.     Jennifer Steinhauer, “Elizabeth Warren Endorses Clinton and Goes Taunt-for-Taunt with Trump,” New York Times, June 9, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-hillary-clinton-donald-trump.html?_r=0.

3.     Josh Blackman, “Donald Trump’s Dangerous Attack on U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel and the ‘Rigged’ Federal Judiciary,” Josh Blackman’s Blog, May 27, 2016, http://joshblackman.com/blog/2016/05/27/donald-trumps-dangerous-attack-on-u-s-district-judge-gonzalo-curiel-and-the-rigged-federal-judiciary/,

4.     Adam L. Silverman, “Senator Warren’s Speech at the American Constitution Society,” BalloonJuice.com, June 9, 2016, https://www.balloon-juice.com/2016/06/09/senator-warrens-speech-at-the-american-constitution-society/.

5.     Jerome R. Corsi, “Attorneys Suing Trump U Paid $675,000 to Clintons for Speeches,” WND.com, June 1, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/06/attorneys-suing-trump-u-paid-675000-to-clintons-for-speeches/.

6.     Rachel Stockman, “Guess Who Else Paid Out Big Bucks for Clinton Speeches? LawNewz.com, May 31, 2016, http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/guess-who-else-paid-out-big-bucks-for-clinton-speeches/.

7.     Josh Gerstein, “Clintons made $25 million in speeches since 2014,” Politico, May 15, 2015, http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/bill-and-hillary-clinton-made-roughly-25-million-in-speeches-since-2014-118009.

8.     Ibid.

9.     Diana Hull, “La Raza-Chicano Activism in California,” The Social Contract Press, Volume 9, Number 4 (Summer 1999), http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc0904/article_766.shtml.

10.   “National Council of La Raza (NCLR),” DiscoverTheNetworks.org, December 8, 2016, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/printgroupProfile.asp?grpid=153.

11.   Rosalind S. Helderman, “Trump agrees to $25 million settlement in Trump University fraud cases,” Washington Post, November 18, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/source-trump-nearing-settlement-in-trump-university-fraud-cases/2016/11/18/8dc047c0-ada0-11e6-a31b-4b6397e625d0_story.html?utm_term=.64d1174f0f03.

12.   Stone, Roger. “Trump U Is Nothing Compared To Laureate Education.” Daily Caller. N.p., 2 June 2016. Web. <http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/02/trump-u-is-nothing-compared-to-laureate-education/>.

13.   Peter Schweizer, “Bill Clinton Bagged $16 Million from Company that Received Millions from Hillary’s State Department,” Breitbart.com, August 5, 2015, http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/05/bill-clinton-bagged-16-million-from-company-that-received-millions-from-hillarys-state-dept/.

14.   Steven Salzberg, “For-Profit Colleges Encourage Huge Student Debt,” Forbes, July 12, 2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2015/07/12/for-profit-colleges-encourage-huge-student-debt/#35f8f4db2a05.

15.   Joanne P. Cavanaugh, “Sylvan’s Fast Learners,” Johns Hopkins Magazine, September 1998, http://pages.jh.edu/jhumag/0998web/sylvan.html.

16.   Irvin Molotsky, “Encyclopedic Medical Card Shows the Worth of Young Ideas,” New York Times, May 19, 1985, http://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/19/us/encyclopedic-medical-card-shows-the-worth-of-young-ideas.html.

17.   Eric Owens, “Why are the Clintons hawking a seedy, Soros-backed for-profit college corporation?” Daily Caller, January 13, 2014, http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/13/why-are-the-clintons-hawking-a-seedy-soros-backed-for-profit-college-corporation/.

18.   “Laureate International Universities Broadcasts Clinton Global Initiative’s Annual Meeting,” Laureate International Universities, Press Release, Sept, 24, 2013, http://www.laureate.net/NewsRoom/PressReleases/2013/09/Laureate-International-Universities-Broadcasts-Clinton-Global-Initiatives-Annual-Meeting.

19.   “President Clinton Announces Program for the Fifth Annual Clinton Global Initiative University Meeting,” Clinton Global Initiative, Press Release, March 8, 2012, http://press.clintonglobalinitiative.org/press_releases/president-clinton-announces-program-for-the-fifth-annual-clinton-global-initiative-university-meeting/.

20.   Jennifer Epstein, “Bill Clinton Leaves For-Profit College Position,” Bloomberg Politics, April 24, 2015, http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-24/bill-clinton-leaves-for-profit-college-position.

21.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Clinton For-Profit Education Scandal Dwarfs Trump U,” WND.com, June 3, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/06/clinton-for-profit-education-scandal-dwarfs-trump-u/.

22.   Kevin McDermott, “Trump jeers at rivals, protesters, media in raucous St. Lois appearance,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 11, 2016, http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/trump-jeers-at-rivals-protesters-media-in-raucous-st-louis/article_6d17d069-5996-58a4-9fa3-70a032b820ad.html.

23.   Ibid.

24.   Sam Reisman, “Trump Tells Crowd to ‘Knock the Crap Out’ of Protesters, Offers to Pay legal fees,” Mediate, February 1, 2016, http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-tells-crowd-to-knock-the-crap-out-of-protesters-offers-to-pay-legal-fees/.

25.   Josh Feldman, “Trump on #BlackLivesMatter Protester at Rally: ‘Maybe He Should Have Been Roughed Up,’” Mediate, November 22, 2015, http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-on-blacklivesmatter-protester-at-rally-maybe-he-should-have-been-roughed-up/.

26.   Jerem Diamond and Theodore Schleifer, CNN, “Trump supporters, protesters clash after Chicago rally postponed,” CNN, March 12, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/11/politics/donald-trump-chicago-protests/.

27.   Jonathan Chait, “Donald Trump Poses an Unprecedented Threat to American Democracy,” New York Magazine, March 13, 2016, http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/trump-poses-unprecedented-threat-to-democracy.html.

28.   Joe Tacopino, “Violent protesters force Trump to climb over wall to get to event,” New York Post, April 29, 2016, http://nypost.com/2016/04/29/hundreds-of-protesters-gather-outside-trump-speech-after-night-of-violence/.

29.   Jill Colvin and Russell Contreras, “Protests turn violent outside Trump rally in New Mexico,” Associated Press, May 25, 2016, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/protests-turn-violent-outside-trump-rally-in-new-mexico/.

30.   Ibid.

31.   “The Latest: 4 arrested amid protests at Trump rally,” Associated Press, May 25, 2016.

32.   John Santucci, Candice Smith, and David Caplan, “Violence Breaks Out at Trump Rally in San Jose, Protesters Hurl Eggs, Throw Punches, Intimidate Supporters,” ABC News, June 3, 2016, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/violence-breaks-trump-rally-san-jose-protesters-hurl/story?id=39576437.

33.   Paul Elias and Martha Mendoza, “San Jose, California police under fire after Trump rally,” Associated Press, June 3, 2016, https://www.nexis.com/results/enhdocview.do?docLinkInd=true&ersKey=23_T25187897380&format=GNBFI&startDocNo=51&resultsUrlKey=0_T25187897399&backKey=20_T25187911100&csi=304481&docNo=64.

34.   Sergey Gladysh, “Anti-Trump protests are paid and staged, Craigslist reveals,” November 12, 2016, http://theduran.com/anti-trump-protesters-paid-staged-craigslist-reveals/.

35.   Tim Hains, “James O’Keefe: Clinton Campaign, DNC Coordinate with Organizations to Incite Violence at Trump Events,” Real Clear Politics, October 17, 2016, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/10/17/new_okeefe_video_clinton_campaign_dnc_coordinated_with_organizations_to_beat_up_trump_supporters.html.

36.   Victoria Taft, “Dem Operatives Admit on Hot Mic They Started Chicago Riot that Shut Down Trump Rally & That’s Not All,” Independent Journal Review, October 2016, http://ijr.com/2016/10/715882-dem-operatives-admit-on-hot-mic-they-started-chicago-riot-that-shut-down-trump-rally-thats-not-all/. See also: Joe Burgess, “69-year-old woman punched at Trump rally,” Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times, http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2016/09/13/69-year-old-woman-punched-asheville-trump-rally/90301468/.

37.   Valerie Richardson, “Democratic heads roll after video shows agitators planted at Trump rallies,” Washington Times, October 18, 2016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/18/undercover-video-shows-democrats-saying-they-hire-/.

38.   “Trump campaign: Video shows Clinton coordinated with liberal group to incite crowds,” Fox News, October 25, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/25/trump-campaign-video-shows-clinton-coordinated-with-liberal-group-to-incite-crowds.html.

39.   David Brock, Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative (New York: Crown, 2002).

40.   Michelle Goldbert, “How David Brock Built an Empire to Put Hillary in the White House,” The Nation, December 15–22, 2004 Issue, https://www.thenation.com/article/how-david-brock-built-empire-put-hillary-white-house/.

41.   Ibid.

42.   David Brock, The Real Anita Hill (New York: Free Press, 1993).

43.   “David Brock Interview,” National Public Radio, July 2, 2001, http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2001/jul/010702.brock.html.

44.   David Brock, The Seduction of Hillary Rodham (New York: Free Press, 1996).

45.   Ibid., p. ix.

46.   Jacob Laskin, “David Brock: Media Liar,” Front Page Magazine, September 21, 2005, http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=7186.

47.   David Brock, “Confessions of a Right-Wing Hit Man,” Esquire, July 1997, http://classic.esquire.com/confessions-of-a-right-wing-hit-man/.

48.   Edward Helmore, “Once the scourge of Democrats, former Republican plays tough for Hillary Clinton,” Guardian, November 2, 2014, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/29/david-brock-former-republican-hitman-hillary-clinton.

49.   Jonathan Turley, “Podesta Warned: ‘I Hope Hillary Truly Understands Now How Batshit Crazy David Brock Is,” JonathanTurley.org, November 4, 2016, https://jonathanturley.org/2016/11/04/podesta-warned-i-hope-hillary-truly-understands-now-how-batshit-crazy-david-brock-is/. See also: WikiLeaks Podesta Email #43904, email from Neera Tanden to John Podesta, dated February 11, 2015, https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/43904.

50.   WikiLeaks Podesta Email #35061, email from John Podesta to Neera Tanden, Subject: “Re: Why?” May 13, 2015, https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/35061.

51.   Maggie Haberman, “Hillary Clinton-Aligned Group Gets Closer to Her Campaign,” New York Times, May 12, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/05/12/hillary-clinton-aligned-group-gets-closer-to-her-campaign/?ref=politics. See also: Matea Gold, “How a super PAC plans to coordinate directly with Hillary Clinton’s campaign,” Washington Post, May 12, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/05/12/how-a-super-pac-plans-to-coordinate-directly-with-hillary-clintons-campaign/?utm_term=.5a5186355f7b.

52.   Amy Chozick, “As Trump and Clinton Clash, 2 Operatives Duke It Out in Their Shadows,” New York Times, May 23, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/politics/roger-stone-david-brock-trump-clinton.html.

53.   Roger Stone and Robert Morrow, The Clintons’ War on Women (New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2016).

54.   “FBI’s Comey: Clinton ‘extremely careless’ about emails, but bureau will not advise criminal charges,” Fox News, July 5, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/05/fbi-recommends-no-charges-to-be-filed-against-clinton.html.

55.   Edward Klein, “Bill Clinton’s airport run-in with Loretta Lynch was no accident,” New York Post, October 3, 2016, http://nypost.com/2016/10/03/book-details-how-team-obama-schemed-to-let-hillary-skate/.

56.   Kevin Johnson, “Loretta Lynch, Bill Clinton meeting raises eyebrow,” USA Today, June 30, 2016, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/30/loretta-lynch-bill-clinton-meeting/86555274/.

57.   Ken Thomas and Eric Tucker, “Lynch meeting latest episode to strain Clinton trust,” Associated Press, July 2, 2016.

58.   Dan Balz, Chief Correspondent, “How everyone looks bad because Bill Clinton met with Loretta Lynch,” Washington Post, July 2, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-everyone-looks-bad-because-bill-clinton-met-with-loretta-lynch/2016/07/02/a7807adc-3ff4-11e6-a66f-aa6c1883b6b1_story.html?utm_term=.3b02a44b3a3e.

59.   Mike Gallagher, “Republican Presidential nominee @RealDonaldTrump is on today’s Mike Gallagher Show,” June 30, 2016, http://www.mikeonline.com/republican-presidential-nominee-realdonaldtrump-is-on-todays-mike-gallagher-show-mikeonline/.

60.   Maggie Haberman, “Bill Clinton’s Meeting with Loretta Lynch Causes Stir in Both Parties,” New York Times, July 1, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/us/politics/bill-clinton-loretta-lynch.html.

61.   “Hacker Targets Clinton Confidant in New Attack,” The Smoking Gun, March 15, 2013, http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/sidney-blumenthal-email-hack-687341.

62.   Matei Rosca, “EXCLUSIVE: Jailed hacker Guccifer boasts, ‘I used to read [Clinton’s] memos … and then do the gardening,’” Pando.com, March 20, 2015, https://pando.com/2015/03/20/exclusive-interview-jailed-hacker-guccifer-boasts-i-used-to-read-hillarys-memos-for-six-seven-hours-and-then-do-the-gardening/.

63.   “Hacker Begins Distributing Confidential Memos Sent to Hillary Clinton on Libya, Benghazi Attack,” The Smoking Gun, March 18, 2013, http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/sidney-blumenthal/hacker-distributes-memos-784091.

64.   Pierre Thomas, Mike Levine, Jack Cloherty, and Jack Date, “Former CIA Head David Petraeus to Plead Guilty,” ABC News, March 3, 2015, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cia-head-david-petraeus-plead-guilty/story?id=29340487.

65.   Zeke J. Miller, “Transcript: Everything Hillary Clinton Said on the Email Controversy,” Time.com, March 10, 2015, http://time.com/3739541/transcript-hillary-clinton-email-press-conference/.

66.   FBI National Press Office, Washington, DC, “FBI Releases Documents in Hillary Clinton E-Mail Investigation,” Press Release, September 2, 2016, https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-documents-in-hillary-clinton-e-mail-investigation.

67.   Jessie Hellmann, “FBI identifies 13 mobile devices Clinton potentially used to send emails,” The Hill, September 2, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294319-fbi-report-clinton-possibly-used-13-mobile-devices-to.

68.   Lauren Carroll, “FBI findings tear holes in Hillary Clinton’s email defense,” Politifact.com, July 6, 2016, http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/06/hillary-clinton/fbi-findings-tear-holes-hillary-clintons-email-def/.

69.   Michelle Lee, “Fact check: Trump’s claim Clinton destroyed emails after getting a subpoena from Congress,” Washington Post, October 19, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/live-updates/general-election/real-time-fact-checking-and-analysis-of-the-final-2016-presidential-debate/fact-check-trumps-claim-clinton-destroyed-emails-after-getting-a-subpoena-from-congress/?utm_term=.c0e0a15cf861.

70.   Spencer S. Hsu, “FBI uncovers 14,900 more documents in Clinton email probe,” Washington Post, August 22, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/fbi-uncovered-at-least-14900-more-documents-in-clinton-email-investigation/2016/08/22/36745578-6643-11e6-be4e-23fc4d4d12b4_story.html?postshare=3331471876111787&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.c760c10246bb.

71.   Press Release, “Judicial Watch Forced Out Email Showing Clinton Blamed Benghazi on ‘Al Qaeda-like group’ on Night of Attack,” Judicial Watch, November 13, 2015, http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-litigation-forced-production-of-key-email-showing-hillary-clinton-blamed-benghazi-assault-on-al-qaeda-like-group-in-email-sent-to-daughter-on-night-of-september-11-att/.

72.   David Horsey, “‘GM is alive, Osama is dead’ is Obama’s answer to Republicans,” Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2012, http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/05/nation/la-na-tt-obamas-answer-20120905.

73.   Richard Benedetto, “Obama Got Pass on Benghazi, Thanks to Romney,” Real Clear Politics, May 11, 2013, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/11/obama_got_pass_on_benghazi_thanks_to_romney_118361.html. See also: Deroy Murdock, “Hillary Clinton and Obama’s Lies on Benghazi—Too Many to Count, but Let’s Try,” National Review, October 29, 2015, http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426289/hillary-clinton-and-obamas-lies-benghazi-too-many-count-lets-try-deroy-murdock.

74.   Peter Schweizer, Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich (New York: HarperCollins Books, 2015).

75.   “‘Clinton Cash’ Author: WikiLeaks Emails Confirm Clinton Foundation Pay-to-Play Allegations,” Fox News, October 17, 2016, http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/10/17/clinton-cash-author-wikileaks-emails-confirm-clinton-foundation-pay-play-scam.

76.   Jerome R. Corsi, Partners in Crime: The Clinton’s Scheme to Monetize the White House for Personal Profit (Washington, DC: WND Books, 2016).

77.   Rosalind S. Helderman, Tom Hamburger, and Steven Rich, “Clintons’ foundation has raised nearly $2 billion—and some key questions,” Washington Post, February 18, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clintons-raised-nearly-2-billion-for-foundation-since-2001/2015/02/18/b8425d88-a7cd-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html?utm_term=.3401e44107cb.

78.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Clinton Foundation Auditor Also in Global Crossing Scandal,” WND.com, October 27, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/clinton-foundation-auditor-also-in-global-crossing-scandal/.

79.   Chuck Ross, “WIKILEAKS Emails: Chelsea Clinton Acted Like a ‘Spoiled Brat Kid,’” Daily Caller, October 10, 2016, http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/10/wikileaks-emails-chelsea-clinton-acted-like-a-spoiled-brat-kid/.

80.   Email from Doug Band to John Podesta, dated November 16, 2016, Wikileaks.org, “Podesta Email File,” Email #32,240, https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/32240#searchresult.

81.   Kenneth P. Vogel, “Eric Braverman Tried to Change the Clinton Foundation. Then He Quit,” Politico, March 1, 2015, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/03/clinton-foundation-eric-braverman-115598.

82.   Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein, “Clinton confidant cuts ties with the formidable family,” New York Post, June 21, 2015, http://nypost.com/2015/06/21/clinton-confidant-cuts-ties-with-the-formidable-family/.

83.   Email from Doug Band to John Podesta, dated November 17, 2016, Wikileaks.org, “Podesta Email File,” Email #21,978, https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/21978#efmAALABKAD5AGdAGfAHV.

84.   Paul H. Jossey, “Clinton Foundation memo reveals Bill and Hilary as partners in crime,” The Hill, October 31, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/303663-bill-and-hillary-partners-in-crime-literally.

85.   Roger Stone, “Roger Stone: It’s Time America Got Some Answers About Huma Abedin,” Breitbart.com, June 13, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/06/13/roger-stone-its-time-america-got-some-answers-about-huma-abedin/.

86.   “Huma Abedin,” DiscoverTheNetworks.org, no date, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2556.

87.   Ibid.

88.   Andrew C. McCarthy, “The Huma Unmentionables,” National Review, July 24, 2013, http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/354351/huma-unmentionables-andrew-c-mccarthy.

89.   Andrew C. McCarthy, “Huma Abedin and the Muslim Brotherhood: Closely Connected,” PJ Media, July 24, 2012, https://pjmedia.com/andrewmccarthy/2012/07/24/huma-abedin-and-the-muslim-brotherhood-closely-connected/?singlepage=true.

90.   “Naseef optimistic about Rabita trust reactivation,” Arab News, March 23, 2014, http://www.arabnews.com/news/544526.

91.   Jorgen S. Nielsen, “Contemporary Discussions on Religious Minorities in Islam,” BYU Law Review, Volume 2002, Issue 2, http://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2116&context=lawreview.

92.   “Comprehensive List of Terrorists and Groups Identified Under Executive Order 13224,” The Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State, December 31, 2001, https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/2001/6531.htm.

93.   US District Court for the Southern District of New York: “In Re: Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 (September 21, 2005), in “Developments in international law, prepared by the Editorial Staff of International Legal Materials, October 31, 2005,” American Society of International Law, published in International Law in Brief, http://web.archive.org/web/20130906194225/http://www.asil.org/ilib051031.cfm.

94.   “Treasury Department Statement on the Designation of Wa’el Hamza Julidan,” Office of public Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury, September 6, 2002, https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/po3397.aspx.

95.   “Founders meet and form al-Qaeda,” GlobalSecurity.org, no date, http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/profiles/founders_meet_and_form_al-qaeda.htm.

96.   “Advisory editorial board,” Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Volume 18, Issue 1, 1998, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13602009808716388.

97.   Spencer Morgan, “Hillary’s Mystery Woman: Who Is Huma?” Observer.com, April 2, 2007, http://observer.com/2007/04/hillarys-mystery-woman-who-is-huma/.

98.   “Property Detail, District of Columbia, Owner Huma Abedin,” purchase price listed as $649,000, found on Photobucket.com, sale date of September 18, 2006, http://s242.photobucket.com/user/kayeyedoubledee/media/District_of_Columbia_Property_Detai.jpg.html.

99.   Raymond Hernandez, “Questions on the Dual Role of a Clinton Aide Persist,” New York Times, August 18, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/nyregion/questions-on-the-dual-role-of-a-clinton-aide-persist.html?ref=politics&_r=0.

100. John Solomon, “Hillary Clinton personally signed deal that let top aide collect two salaries,” Washington Times, September 24, 2015, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/24/hillary-clinton-signed-deal-let-huma-abedin-double/.

101. Chris Frates, “New company established 11 days before Huma Abedin left State Department,” CNN Politics, August 19, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/19/politics/hillary-clinton-huma-abedin-zain-endeavors-llc/.

102. Benjamin Siegel, “Hillary Clinton’s Top Aide Huma Abedin Questioned About Benghazi Attacks,” ABC News, October 16, 2015, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clintons-top-aide-huma-abedin-grilled-benghazi/story?id=34508529.

103. Nina Burleigh, “Meet Huma Abedin, Mysterious Clinton Aide Whose Emails Might Change History,” Newsweek, April 28, 2016, http://www.newsweek.com/2016/05/06/huma-abedin-hillary-clinton-anthony-weiner-453204.html.

104. Lee Stranahan, “The Truth About Huma Abedin that Media Matters Doesn’t Want America to See,” Breitbart.com, January 18, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/18/the-truth-about-huma-abedin-that-media-matters-doesnt-want-america-to-see/.

105. Katie McHugh, “Donald Trump Repeatedly Warned Anthony Weiner Was a Security Risk,” Breitbart.com, October 29, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/10/29/donald-trump-repeatedly-warned-anthony-weiner-was-a-national-security-risk/.

106. Alex Swoyer, “Trump on Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner: ‘Just Another Example of Hillary Clinton’s Bad Judgment,” Breitbart.com, August 29, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/29/trump-on-huma-abedin-anthony-weiner-just-another-example-of-hillary-clintons-bad-judgment/.

107. Jessica Chasmar, “Trump ally Roger Stone: Clinton aide Huma Abedin could be ‘terrorist agent,’” Washington Times, June 13, 2016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/13/roger-stone-huma-abedin-top-clinton-aide-could-be-/.

108. “If not Hillary Clinton, who? 20 women who could shatter the glass ceiling,” CBS News, no date, http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/hillary-clinton-president-20-women-who-could-shatter-the-glass-ceiling/7/.

Part 3

1.     Alonzo L. Hamby, “1948 Democratic Convention: The South Secedes Again,” Smithsonian Magazine, August 2008, http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1948-democratic-convention-878284/.

2.     Museum of Broadcast Communications, “Presidential Nominating Conventions and Television,” no date, http://www.museum.tv/eotv/presidential.htm.

3.     David Gergen quoted in the following book: John Anthony Maltese, Spin Control: The White House Office of Communications and the Management of Presidential News (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of Northe Carolina Press, Second Edition, 1994), p. 96.

4.     “Bill Corruthers, TV director-producer,” Variety, Obituary, March 7, 2003, http://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/bill-carruthers-1117881918/.

5.     Bill Carruthers quoted in the following book: John Anthony Maltese, Spin Control, loc.cit.

6.     Zachary Karabell, “The Rise and Fall of the Televised Political Convention,” Discussion Paper D-33, published by the Joan Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics, and Public Policy, at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, October 1998, https://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d33_karabell.pdf.

7.     Callum Borchers, “How political conventions became sanitized, made-for-TV infomercials,” Washington Post, July 21, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/21/how-political-conventions-became-sanitized-made-for-tv-infomercials/?utm_term=.438ba81fd27e.

8.     Stephen Battaglio, “TV viewership for Hillary Clinton speech is smaller than for Donald Trump,” Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2016, http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-dnc-ratings-20160729-snap-story.html.

9.     Brian Stelter, “Debate breaks record as most-watched in U.S. history,” CNN Money, September 27, 2016, http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/27/media/debate-ratings-record-viewership/.

10.   Jill Serjeant and Lisa Richwine, “TV audience sharply down for second Trump-Clinton debate, despite tape furor,” Reuters, October 10, 2016, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-ratings-idUSKCN12A1LF.

11.   Cynthia Littleton and Oriana Schwindt, “Final Ratings for Third Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton Debate: 71.6 Million,” Variety, October 20, 2016, http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/tv-ratings-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-final-debate-1201895174/.

Chapter 7

1.     Jesse Byrnes, “Trump chooses Pence for VP,” The Hill, July 15, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287892-trump-officially-chooses-pence-for-vp.

2.     Stephen Collinson, “Trump, Pence step into the spotlight together,” CNN Politics, July 16, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/16/politics/donald-trump-mike-pence-campaign-trail/.

3.     Amber Phillips, “Who is Mike Pence?” Washington Post, October 4, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/14/10-things-you-should-know-about-mike-pence-who-may-join-donald-trump-on-the-gop-ticket/?utm_term=.5375b4439e10.

4.     Gretchen Frazee and Daniel Bush, “What you need to know about Trump’s VP pick, Mike Pence,” PBS News Hour, July 15, 2016, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/need-know-trumps-vp-pick-mike-pence/.

5.     Jessica Taylor, “Dumpster Fires, Fishing and Travel: These Republicans Are Sitting Out the RNC,” National Public Radio, July 18, 2016, http://www.npr.org/2016/07/18/486398726/dumpster-fires-fishing-and-travel-these-republicans-are-sitting-out-the-rnc.

6.     Shane Goldmacher, Ben Schreckinger, and Katie Glueck, “Trump’s disastrous Day One,” Politico, July 18, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/rnc-2016-convention-clashes-donald-trump-225761.

7.     “Melania Trump’s RNC speech is strikingly similar to Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech,” Reuters, published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 18, 2016.

8.     Andrew Kirell and Justin Miller, “Melania Trump Plagiarized Michelle Obama, a Woman Republicans Said Hated America,” Daily Beast, July 19, 2016, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/19/melania-trump-plagiarized-michelle-obama-a-woman-republicans-said-hated-america.html.

9.     Evan Thomas, “Michelle Obama’s ‘Proud’ Remarks,” Newsweek, March 12, 2008, http://www.newsweek.com/michelle-obamas-proud-remarks-83559.

10.   Kayla Ruble, “Trump campaign admits Melania’s speech plagiarized Michelle Obama,” Vice News, July 20, 2016, https://news.vice.com/article/donald-trump-campaign-admits-melania-trump-speech-plagiarized-michelle-obama.

11.   Bill Rehkoph, “FULL SPEECH: Ted Cruz addresses Republican convention delegates,” The Hill, July 20, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/288611-transcript-ted-cruz-addresses-republican-convention.

12.   Todd J. Gillman and Robert T. Garrett, “Update: Cruz says he’s no ‘servile puppy’ as Texas delegates bemoan his refusal to back Trump,” Dallas News, July 21, 2016, http://www.dallasnews.com/news/republican-national-convention/2016/07/21/cruz-defiant-refusal-endorse-trump.

13.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Texas Delegation Consensus: Cruz Hurt Himself at RNC,” WND.com, July 22, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/texas-delegation-consensus-cruz-hurt-himself-at-rnc/.

14.   Nicholas Confessore, “G.O.P. Convention Day 4 Takeaways: It’s Donald Trump’s Party,” New York Times, July 21, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/us/politics/republican-national-convention.html.

15.   “Trump claims GOP nomination, tells struggling Americans ‘I am your voice,’” Fox News, July 22, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/22/trump-claims-gop-nomination-tells-struggling-americans-am-your-voice.html.

16.   Patrick Healy and Jonathan Martin, “His Tone Dark, Donald Trump takes G.O.P. Mantle,” New York Times, July 21, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/us/politics/donald-trump-rnc-speech.html.

17.   “American Nazi organization rally at Madison Square Garden, 1939,” Real Historical Photographs, no date, http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/american-nazi-organization-rally-madison-square-garden-1939/.

18.   Joan Walsh, “Donald Trump’s Angry, Dark Speech Caps Off a Disastrous RNC,” The Nation, July 22, 2016, https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trumps-angry-dark-speech-caps-off-a-disaster-rnc/.

19.   Reena Flores, “Donald Trump offers dark vision of America in GOP convention speech,” CBS News, July 22, 2016, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-gop-convention-speech/.

20.   Jeff Zeleny Ryan Nobles, and M.J. Lee, “Hillary Clinton selects Tim Kaine as running mate,” CNN Politics, July 23, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/22/politics/hillary-clinton-vp-pick/.

21.   Ken Blackwell, “Tim Kaine’s radical roots,” The Hill, September 9, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/295229-tim-kaines-radical-roots.

22.   Betsy Woodruff, “Catholic Leaders Smite Tim Kaine’s Gay Marriage Hope,” Daily Beast, September 18, 2016, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/18/catholic-leaders-smite-tim-kaine-s-gay-marriage-hope.html.

23.   Editorial Board, “Hillary Clinton picks a strong running mate in Tim Kaine,” Washington Post, July 22, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/hillary-clinton-picks-a-strong-running-mate-in-tim-kaine/2016/07/22/fd9c5978-4f6b-11e6-a7d8-13d06b37f256_story.html?utm_term=.0a5fca74718a.

24.   Christina Lorey, “Kaine shows off not-so-secret talent in first joint appearance with Clinton since running mate announcement,” ABC News, July 23, 2016.

25.   Evan Popp, “What You Need to Know About Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s Vice President Pick,” Think Progress, July 22, 2016, https://thinkprogress.org/what-you-need-to-know-about-tim-kaine-hillary-clintons-vice-president-pick-832de5b910a0#.lf66smzb9.

26.   Amy Chozick, Alan Rappeport, and Jonathan Martin, “Hillary Clinton Selects Tim Kaine, a Popular Senator from a Swing State, as Running Mate,” New York Times, July 22, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/us/politics/tim-kaine-hillary-clinton-vice-president.html.

27.   Gabriel Samuels, “Michelle Obama’s DNC 2016 speech: Read the transcript in full,” Independent, July 25, 2016, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/michelle-obama-speech-in-full-dnc-2016-barack-hillary-clinton-democratic-party-us-election-a7156031.html.

28.   Geoff Mulvhill and Megan Trimble, “Thousands Hit Philadelphia’s Steamy Streets to Protest DNC,” NBC Channel 10, Philadelphia, http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/DNC-Protest-Philly-Police-March-Sunday-388063632.html.

29.   Washington Post Staff, “Transcript: Bernie Sanders’s full speech at the 2016 DNC,” Washington Post, July 26, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/26/transcript-bernie-sanderss-full-speech-at-the-2016-dnc/?utm_term=.05cad3a30132.

30.   Alexander Burns, “Democratic Convention Day 1 Takeaways: Michelle Obama Steals the Show,” New York Times, July 25, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/us/politics/democratic-national-convention.html.

31.   James King, “The Father of a Muslim War Hero Has This to Say to Donald Trump,” Vocativ.com, December 8, 2015, http://www.vocativ.com/259159/the-father-of-a-muslim-war-hero-has-this-to-say-to-donald-trump/.

32.   ABC News, “FULL TEXT: Khizr Khan’s Speech to the 2016 Democratic National Convention, “ABC News, August 1, 2016, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/full-text-khizr-khans-speech-2016-democratic-national/story?id=41043609.

33.   Richard A. Oppel, Jr., “In Tribute to Son, Khizr Khan Offered Citizenship Lesson at Convention,” New York Times, July 29, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/us/elections/khizr-humayun-khan-speech.html.

34.   Kate Scanlon, “Bill Clinton Details His Love Story with Hillary Clinton, Leaves Out a Key Part,” The Blaze, July 26, 2016, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/26/bill-clinton-details-his-love-story-with-hillary-clinton-momentarily-i-was-speechless/.

35.   Nick Allen and Ruth Sherlock, “Barack Obama admits ‘Donald Trump could win’ as Hillary Clinton prepares to make history,” Telegraph, July 27, 2016, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/27/barack-obama-admits-donald-trump-could-win-as-hillary-clinton-pr/.

36.   “Watch Obama Refer to Himself 119 Times During Hillary Nominating Speech,” Grabien News, July 28, 2016, https://news.grabien.com/story.php?id=414.

37.   Colleen Kratofil, “Hillary Clinton’s DNC Pantsuit is Her Most Powerful Yet: Here’s Why,” People, July 29, 2016, http://people.com/style/hillary-clintons-dnc-pantsuit-is-her-most-powerful-yet-heres-why/.

38.   Steve Turnham, “Donald Trump to Father of Fallen Soldier, ‘I’ve Made a Lot of Sacrifices,’” ABC News, July 30, 2016, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-father-fallen-soldier-ive-made-lot/story?id=41015051.

39.   Maggie Haberman and Richard A. Oppel, Jr., “Donald Trump Criticizes Muslim Family of Slain U.S. Soldier, Drawing Ire,” New York Times, July 30, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/politics/donald-trump-khizr-khan-wife-ghazala.html?_r=0.

40.   Ibid.

41.   Alexander Burns, “Ignoring Advice, Donald Trump Presses Attack on Khan Family and G.O.P. Leaders,” New York Times, August 2, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/us/politics/donald-trump-gop.html.

42.   Philip Rucker, “Trump refuses to endorse Paul Ryan in GOP primary: ‘I’m just not quite there yet,’” Washington Post, August 2, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-refuses-to-endorse-paul-ryan-in-gop-primary-im-just-not-quite-there-yet/2016/08/02/1449f028-58e9-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trump-440pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.2e3f3db2f7f5. See also: Sean Sullivan, “Broad array of military luminaries condemn Trump over attacks on Khan family,” Washington Post, August 1, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mccain-adds-latest-salvo-in-gop-dismay-over-trump-clash-with-khan-family/2016/08/01/10ca7e10-57e8-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.d8f91b2b8159.

43.   Matthew Boyle, “Clinton Cash: Khizr Khan’s Deep Legal, Financial Connections to Saudi Arabia, Hillary’s Clinton Foundation Tie Terror, Immigration, Email Scandals Together,” Breitbart.com, August 1, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/01/clinton-cash-khizr-khans-deep-legal-financial-connections-saudi-arabia-hillarys-clinton-foundation-connect-terror-immigration-email-scandals/.

44.   Investment Watch Blog, “Khan was paid $25,000 & speech written by staffers; Constitution bought 2 hours before DNC speech,” Investment Watch, August 4, 2016, http://investmentwatchblog.com/khan-was-paid-25000-constitution-bought-2-hours-before-dnc-speech/.

45.   See, for instance: Jeff Zarronandia, “Khizr Khan’s ‘Deep Legal and Financial Connections’ to Hillary Clinton,” Snopes.com, August 4, 2016, http://investmentwatchblog.com/khan-was-paid-25000-constitution-bought-2-hours-before-dnc-speech/.

46.   Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, “News Coverage of the 2016 National Conventions: Negative News, Lacking Content,” Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, September 21, 2016, http://shorensteincenter.org/news-coverage-2016-national-conventions/.

47.   Josh Silverstein, “Hillary Clinton crushes Donald Trump in another national poll as Khan controversy disgusts voters,” New York Daily News, August 7, 2016, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/khan-controversy-hits-trump-new-poll-clinton-pulls-article-1.2741813.

Chapter 8

1.     Donald J. Trump, posted on Twitter, October 4, 2016, https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/783494014276218884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw.

2.     Andrew E. Kramer, Mike McIntire, and Barry Meier, “Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump’s Campaign Chief,” New York Times, August 14, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html.

3.     Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin, “Paul Manafort Quits Donald Trump’s Campaign After a Tumultuous Run,” New York Times, August 19, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/20/us/politics/paul-manafort-resigns-donald-trump.html.

4.     Tom Hamburger and Andrew Roth, “Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort named in Ukraine anti-corruption probe,” Washington Post, August 15, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-campaign-chief-paul-manafort-named-in-ukraine-anti-corruption-probe/2016/08/15/fa180f20-6327-11e6-be4e-23fc4d4d12b4_story.html?utm_term=.3fafbb92d1bb.

5.     Ekaterina Bilnova, “Clinton’s Charity Ties with Oligarchs Behind Ukranian Coup Revealed,” Global Research, March 23, 2015, http://www.globalresearch.ca/clintons-charity-ties-with-oligarchs-behind-ukrainian-coup-revealed/5475866.

6.     Jerome R. Corsi, “Hillary Campaign Chief Linked to Money-Laundering in Russia,” WND.com, October 13, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/hillary-campaign-chief-linked-to-money-laundering-in-russia/.

7.     Jerome R. Corsi, “How Hillary’s Campaign Chief Hid Money From Russia,” WND.com, October 17, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/how-hillarys-campaign-chief-hid-money-from-russia/.

8.     Government Accountability Institute, “From Russia with Money: Hillary Clinton, the Russian Reset, and Cronyism,” August 2016, http://www.g-a-i.org/u/2016/08/Report-Skolkvovo-08012016.pdf.

9.     Benjy Sarlin, “Analysis: Breitbart’s Steve Bannon Leads the ‘Alt Right’ to the White House,” NBC News, November 14, 2016, http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/analysis-breitbart-s-steve-bannon-leads-alt-right-white-house-n683316.

10.   Amy Chozick, “Hilary Clinton Calls Many Trump Backers ‘Deplorables and G.O.P. Pounces,” New York Times, September 10, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/us/politics/hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables.html.

11.   Donald Trump, “Wow, Hillary Clinton was SO INSULTING to my supporters, millions of amazing, hard working people. I think it will cost her at the polls!” post on Twitter.com, September 10, 2016, 7:47 am, https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/774590070355529728.

12.   “The Latest: Streisand sings of Trump, ‘sad, vulgar clown,’” Associated Press, September 10, 2016.

13.   Jonathan Easley and Amie Parnes, “Hillary Clinton faces dilemma following ‘deplorables’ remark,” The Hill, September 15, 2016, http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/296031-hillary-clinton-faces-dilemma-following-deplorables-remark.

14.   Todd Beamon, “Trump: Hillary’s ‘Deplorables’ Comment ‘Far Worse’ than Mitt Romney’s ’47 percent,’” Newsmax, September 13, 2016, http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Donald-Trump-deplorables-47-percent-Mitt-Romney/2016/09/13/id/748140/.

15.   Aaron Blake, “Voters strongly reject Hillary Clinton’s ‘basket of deplorables’ approach,” Washington Post, September 26, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/26/voters-strongly-reject-hillary-clintons-basket-of-deplorables-approach/?utm_term=.19f9f350ec90.

16.   Leo Hohmann, “‘Epic’: Hillary Suffers 2 Violent Coughing Fits,” WND.com, September 5, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/09/hillary-suffers-epic-coughing-fit-on-labor-day/.

17.   Christina Lorey, “Trump, Clinton pause campaigns to honor 9/11 victims at Ground Zero,” ABC-8 WQAD, Davenport, Iowa, September 11, 2016.

18.   Emma Stefansky, “Did Hillary Clinton Faint at This Year’s 9/11 Ceremony?” Vanity Fair, September 11, 2016, http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/hillary-clinton-faints-911.

19.   “Clinton has health ‘episode’ at 9/11 memorial, doctor says she has pneumonia,” Fox News, September 11, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/11/hillary-clinton-has-medical-episode-at-911-ceremony-source-says.html.

20.   Monica Alba, Kristen Welker, Ali Vitali, and Hasani Gittens, “Hillary Clinton Leaves 9/11 Memorial Early After Feeling ‘Overheated,’ Having Pneumonia,” NBC News, September 11, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/11/hillary-clinton-has-medical-episode-at-911-ceremony-source-says.html.

21.   TMZ Staff, “Hillary Clinton ‘Medical Episode’ During 9/11 Ceremony,” TMZ.com, September 11, 2016, http://www.tmz.com/2016/09/11/hillary-clinton-faint-9-11-memorial-medical/.

22.   Russ Vaughn, “The Democrats have one very sick candidate,” American Thinker, September 13, 2016, http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/09/the_democrats_have_one_very_sick_candidate.html.

23.   Joseph Farah, “Hillary Health ‘Conspiracy’ Goes ‘Mainstream,’” WND.com, September 11, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/09/hillary-health-conspiracy-goes-mainstream/.

24.   Chris Cillizza, “Can we just stop talking about Hillary Clinton’s health now?” in “The Fix,” Washington Post, September 6, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/06/the-questions-about-hillary-clintons-health-are-absurd/?utm_term=.6741e73130fe.

25.   Chris Cillizza, “Hillary Clinton’s health just became a real issue in the presidential campaign,” in “The Fix,” Washington Post, September 11, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/11/hillary-clintons-health-just-became-a-real-issue-in-the-presidential-campaign/?utm_term=.edde5e7193f0.

26.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Doctors: Hillary Suffering Serious Neurological Disease,” WND.com, September 19, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/09/doctors-hillary-suffering-serious-neurological-disease/.

27.   Dr. Ted Noel, “Hillary Clinton’s Illness Revealed,” YouTube.com, postd August 29, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr1IDQ2V1eM. See also: Dr. Ted Noel, “A Quick Roundup of Hillary’s Parkinson’s Signs—by Request,” Vidzette.com, http://www.vidzette.com/index.php/2016/10/17/a-quick-roundup-of-hillarys-parkinsons-signs-by-request/.

28.   Joe Concha, “ABC reporter asks Clinton if she needs neurological tests,” The Hill, September 22, 2016, http://thehill.com/media/297189-abc-reporter-asks-clinton-if-she-needs-neurological-tests.

29.   Alex Burns and Matt Flegenheimer, “Did You Miss the Presidential Debate? Here Are the Highlights,” New York Times, September 26, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/us/politics/presidential-debate.html.

30.   “MRC’s Brent Bozell Slams NBC’s Lester Holt’s ‘Failed’ Performance as Debate Moderator,” NewsBusters.org, September 26, 2016, http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nb-staff/2016/09/26/mrcs-brent-bozell-slams-nbcs-lester-holts-failed-performance-debate.

31.   Patricia Garcia, “Who is Alicia Machado? The Beauty Queen That Trump Once Fat-Shamed,” Vogue, September 27, 2016, http://www.vogue.com/13484080/alicia-machado-beauty-queen-trump/.

32.   Kristine Solomon, “Trump Doesn’t Regret Calling Beauty Queen Alicia Machado ‘Miss Piggy,’” Yahoo.com, September 27, 2016, https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/this-is-alicia-machado-the-beauty-queen-who-was-the-kicker-in-the-presidential-debate-105901358.html.

33.   Scott Detrow, “In Post-Debate Interview, Trump Again Criticizes Pageant-Winner’s Weight,” NPR.org, September 27, 2016, http://www.npr.org/2016/09/27/495611105/in-post-debate-interview-trump-again-criticizes-pageant-winners-weight.

34.   Michael Barbaro and Megan Twohey, “Shamed and Angry: Alicia Machado, a Miss Universe Mocked by Donald Trump,” New York Times, September 27, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/us/politics/alicia-machado-donald-trump.html.

35.   Michael Barbaro and Megan Twohey, “Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved with Women in Private,” New York Times, May 14, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html.

36.   “Venezuelan Beauty Queen Accused,” Associated Press, January 23, 2998. Cited in: Steve Sailer, “The Hilarious Life of Alicia Machado, Hillary’s Tragic Latina Victim of Trump’s Sexism,” The Unz Review: An Alternative Media Selection,” unz.com, September 27, 2016, http://www.unz.com/isteve/the-hilarious-story-of-alicia-machados-hillarys-victimized-woman/.

37.   Steve Gutkin, “Ex-Ms. Universe Accused of Threat,” Associated Press, February 5, 1998, cited in Steve Sailer, “The Hilarious Life of Alicia Machado, Hillary’s Tragic Latina Victim of Trump’s Sexism,” op.cit.

38.   David Martosko, U.S. Political Editor, “Miss Universe ‘fat-shamed’ by Donald Trump was accused of threatening to kill a judge and being an accomplice to a MURDER bid in her native Venezuela,” Daily Mail, September 27, 2016, updated September 28, 2016, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3810484/Miss-Universe-fat-shamed-Donald-Trump-accused-threatening-kill-judge-accomplice-MURDER-native-Venezuela.html.

39.   “‘El Indio’ tuvo hija con Alicia Machado,” El Economista, April 22, 2010, http://eleconomista.com.mx/seguridad-publica/2010/04/22/indio-tuvo-hija-alicia-machado, cited in Steve Sailer, “The Hilarious Life of Alicia Machado, Hillary’s Tragic Latina Victim of Trump’s Sexism,” op.cit.

40.   David Barstow, Susanne Craig, Russ Buettner, and Megan Twohey, “Donald Trump Tax Records Show He Could Have Avoided Taxes for Nearly Two Decades, The Times Found,” New York Times, October 1, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html.

41.   “Donald Trump’s Letter,” New York Times, October 1, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/01/us/politics/donald-trump-letter.html.

42.   Martin Pengelly and Joanna Walters, “Trump a ‘genius’ over federal income tax after $916 million loss, say allies,” Guardian, October 2, 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/02/donald-trump-federal-income-tax-new-york-times.

43.   David Barstow, Mike McIntire, Patricia Cohen, Susanne Craig, and Russ Buettner, “Donald Trump Used Legally Dubious Method to Avoid Paying Taxes,” New York Times, October 31, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/donald-trump-tax.html.

44.   Betsy McCaughey, “How Mike Pence won the debate,” Fox News Opinion, October 5, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/10/05/how-mike-pence-won-debate.html. See also: Pamela Engel, “Tim Kaine couldn’t stop interrupting Mike Pence during the vice presidential debate,” Business Insider, October 5, 2016, http://www.businessinsider.com/tim-kaine-interruptions-vp-debate-2016-10.

45.   “VP debate scorecard: Our judges unanimously give the debate to Pence, but the decision was close,” Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2016, http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-vice-presidential-debate-live-updates-trailguide-10042016-htmlstory.html.

46.   Nicholas Confessore and Matt Flegenheimer, “Vice-Presidential Debate: What You Missed,” New York Times, October 4, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/us/politics/vice-presidential-debate.html.

47.   Daniel White, “Read a Transcript of the Vice Presidential Debate,” Time.com, October 5, 2016, http://time.com/4517096/vice-presidential-debate-kaine-pence-transcript/.

48.   Peter Schroeder, “RNC: Kaine interrupted over 70 times,” The Hill, October 4, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/299338-rnc-kaine-interrupted-debate-over-70-times.

49.   Danielle Paquette, “Why the most part of Donald Trump’s ‘hot mic’ comments isn’t the vulgar language,” in “Wonkblog,” Washington Post, October 7, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/07/the-real-issue-with-donald-trump-saying-a-man-can-do-anything-to-a-woman/?utm_term=.f810e6607f63. See also: David A. Fahrenthold, “Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005,” Washington Post, October 8, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html?postshare=3561475870579757&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.3c9b54a632d2.

50.   Erin Gloria Ryan, “Donald Trump Brags About Nonconsensually Groping Women in Newly Uncovered Recording,” Daily Beast, October 7, 2016, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/07/donald-trump-brags-about-nonconsensually-groping-women-in-newly-uncovered-recording.html.

51.   Paige Lavender, “These Might Be Donald Trump’s Most Disgusting Comments Yet About Women,” Huffington Post, October 7, 2016, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-women-comments_us_57f8016de4b0e655eab4148d.

52.   Garance Burke, “Associated Press: ‘Apprentice’ cast and crew say Trump was lewd and sexist,” Associated Press, BigStory.AP.org, October 3, 2016, http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2778a6ab72ea49558445337865289508/ap-how-trumps-apprentice-moved-capitalism-sexism.

53.   Peter Baker, “Clinton Settles Paula Jones Lawsuit for $850,000,” Washington Post, November 14, 1998, http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2002/03/06/Final-Lewinsky-report-No-one-above-law/49691015442173/.

54.   Kathleen Willey, Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton (Los Angeles: World Ahead Publishing, 2007).

55.   Aaron Klein, “Exclusive—Video Interview: Bill Clinton Accuser Juanita Broaddrick Relives Brutal Rapes,” Breitbart.com, October 9, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/10/09/breitbart-news-exclusive-video-interview-bill-clinton-accuser-juanita-broaddrick-breaks-describing-brutal-rapes/.

56.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Bill’s Sex-Assault Victim Lashes Out Over Hillary Terrorizing,” WND.com, May 13, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/05/bills-sex-assault-victim-lashes-out-over-hillarys-terrorizing/.

57.   Dolly Kyle, Hillary: The Other Woman (Washington, DC: WND Books, 2016).

58.   Ibid.

59.   Katie McHugh, “Media Scramble to Claim Hillary Never Laughed About Kathy Shelton’s Rape as a Child—Despite Video Evidence,” Breitbat.com, October 14, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/10/14/media-scramble-to-claim-hillary-clinton-never-laughed-about-kathy-sheltons-rape-as-a-child-despite-video-evidence/.

60.   Katie McHugh, “Fact-Check: Yes, Hillary Clinton Did Laugh After Successfully Defending a Child Rapist,” Breitbart.com, October 9, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/live/second-presidential-debate-fact-check-livewire/fact-check-yes-hillary-clinton-laugh-successfully-defending-child-rapist/.

61.   “Trump holds pre-debate press conference with Bill Clinton accusers,” Fox News, October 9, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/09/trump-holds-press-conference-with-women-whove-accused-bill-clinton-sex-assault-rape.html?refresh=true.

62.   Frank Camp, “Check Out the Bill Clinton Face at the Second Debate that Has the Internet Abuzz,” Daily Wire, October 10, 2016, http://www.dailywire.com/news/9832/check-out-bill-clinton-face-second-debate-has-frank-camp.

63.   “Transcript of the Second Debate,” New York Times, October 10, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/10/us/politics/transcript-second-debate.html.

64.   Hugh A. Mulligan, Associated Press, “War’s End Made Non-Person of Eisenhower’s Devoted ‘Shadow,’” Los Angeles Times, May 28, 1995, http://articles.latimes.com/1995-05-28/news/mn-6970_1_germans-gen-dwight-d-eisenhower-official-photo.

65.   Brian Vitagliano, Holly Yan, and Kristina Sgueglia, “Bill Cosby to stand trial for assault charges, judge rules,” CNN, May 25, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/24/us/bill-cosby-hearing/.

66.   Alex Burns and Matt Flegenheimer, “Presidential Debate: Here’s What You Missed,” New York Times, October 9, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/us/politics/presidential-debate.html.

67.   Catherine Pearson, Alanna Vagianos, and Emma Gray, “A Running List of the Women Who’ve Accused Trump of Sexual Assault,” Huffington Post, October 28, 2016, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-running-list-of-all-the-women-whove-accused-donald-trump-of-sexual-assault_us_57ffae1fe4b0162c043a7212.

68.   “PROOF—Woman Paid $500k to Accuse Trump of Sexual Assault,” Political Insider, November 4, 2016, http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/trump-sexual-assault-woman-paid-500k-accuse/. See also: Jim Hoft, “List of Debunked Groper allegations by Corrupt Media Against Donald Trump,” TheGatewayPundit.com, October 15, 2016, http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/10/list-debunked-groper-allegations-corrupt-media-donald-trump/.

69.   Alex Daugherty, “Trump says sexual assault accusers are lying,” McClatchy DC, October 14, 2016, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/voters-guide/article108154827.html. See also: Patricia Mazzei and Amy Sherman, “Seething Trump says female accusers lying,” Miami Herald, October 13, 2016, http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/donald-trump/article107992952.html.

70.   WikiLeaks, Tweet posted October 7, 2016, “Release: The Podesta Emails #HillaryClinton #Podesta “imWithHer Wikileaks.org/Podesta-emails/” https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/784491543868665856. See also: “The Podesta Emails; Part One,” Wikileaks.org, October 7, 2016, https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/press-release.

71.   Tyler Durden, “Here Are Hillary Clinton’s Three Speeches to Goldman Sachs for Which She Was Paid $67,000,” ZeroHedge.com, October 15, 2016, http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-15/here-are-hillary-clintons-three-speeches-goldman-sachs-which-she-was-paid-675000.

72.   Jeff Stein, “What 20,000 pages of hacked emails teach us about Hillary Clinton,” Vox.com, October 20, 2016, http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/20/13308108/wikileaks-podesta-hillary-clinton.

73.   Jack Shafer, “WikiLeaks and the Oily Washington Press,” Politico, October 18, 2016, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/john-podesta-emails-wikileaks-press-214367.

74.   Ezra Dulis, “WikiLeaks: Journalists Dined at Top Clinton Staffers’ Homes Before Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Launch,” Breitbart.com, October 17, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/10/17/wikileaks-journalists-clinton-staff-homes-before-hillarys-campaign-launch/.

75.   Jim Hoft, “The WikiLeaks List: At Least 65 MSM Reporters Were Meeting with and/or Coordinating Offline with Top Hillary Advisors,” TheGatewayPundit.com, October 24, 2016, http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/10/wikileaks-list-least-65-msm-reporters-meeting-andor-coordinating-offline-top-hillary-advisors/. See also: Jim Hoft, “WikiLeaks Exposes Corrupt Media: This List of Reporters Were Taking Marching Orders from Hillary,” TheGatewayPundit.com, October 9, 2016, http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/10/wikileaks-outs-corrupt-media-list-reporters-taking-marching-orders-hillary/.

76.   Dave Boyer, “Leaked emails detail cozy relationship between Clinton, media, campaign,” Washington Times, October 13, 2016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/13/emails-show-cozy-relationship-between-media-and-cl/.

77.   Kelly Riddell, “Donna Brazile out at CNN after WikiLeaks reveals she leaked more debate questions to Clinton,” Washington Post, October 31, 2016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/31/donna-brazile-leaked-2nd-debate-question-wikileaks/.

78.   Gabrielle Levy, “DNC’s Donna Brazile Denies Giving Hillary Clinton Earl Access to Town Hall Question,” U.S. News, October 11, 2016, http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-10-11/dncs-donna-brazile-denies-giving-hillary-clinton-early-access-to-town-hall-question.

79.   Michael M. Grybaum, “CNN Parts Ways with Donna Brazile, a Hillary Clinton Supporter,” New York Times, October 31, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/donna-brazile-wikileaks-cnn.html.

80.   Nicholas Confessore, “Corey Lewandowski Continues to be Paid by Donald Trump’s Campaign,” New York Times, September 21, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/us/politics/corey-lewandowski-donald-trump-payroll.html.

81.   Jerome R. Corsi, “‘Clinton’s Black Son’ Demands DNA Sample,” WND.com, October 19, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/clintons-black-son-demands-dna-sample/.

82.   Kit Daniels, “Banished: Bill Clinton’s ‘Son’ Speaks Out, Asks for DNA Test,” Infowars.com, October 11, 2016, http://www.infowars.com/banished-the-untold-story-of-danney-williams-search-for-his-father/. See also: Neil W. McCabe, “Exclusive—Danney Williams: President Clinton Knows the Truth, I Am His Son; Arkansas Man Demands Paternity Test,” Breitbart.com, October 20, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/10/20/exclusive-danney-williams-president-bill-clinton-knows-the-truth-i-am-his-son-arkansas-man-demands-paternity-test/. See also: Jerome R. Corsi, “‘Bill Clinton Son’ Makes Video Plea to ‘Father, Stepmother,’” WND.com, October 11, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/bill-clinton-son-issues-plea-to-father-stepmother/.

83.   Filmmaker Joel Gilbert, “Bill Clinton’s Black Son BANISHED—The Story of Danney Williams,” YouTube, published October 11, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLOp2yBhuTE.

84.   David Emery, “Paternity Jest,” Snopes.com, October 3, 2016, http://www.snopes.com/bill-clinton-illegitimate-son/.

85.   Alex Pfeiffer. “Danney Williams Campaign Is Targeting Black Users Online.” Daily Caller. 8 November 2016. Web. <http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/08/danney-williams-campaign-is-targeting-black-users-online/>.

86.   Blake Neff. “Trump Did BETTER Than Romney Among Hispanics, And Blacks.” Daily Caller. November 9, 2016. Web. <http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/09/trump-did-better-than-romney-among-hispanics-and-blacks/>.

87.   Amy Walter and David Wasserman. “African American Voters: The Overlooked Key To 2016.” Cook Political Report, 10 July 2015. Web. <http://cookpolitical.com/story/8666>.

88.   Jeremy W. Peters, Richard Fausset, and Michael Wines. “Black Turnout Soft in Early Voting, Boding Ill for Hillary Clinton.” New York Time, November 1, 2016. Web. <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/us/politics/black-turnout-falls-in-early-voting-boding-ill-for-hillary-clinton.html>.

89.   Ledyard King. “Black Turnout Could Be Issue for Democrats.” Florida Today, November 6, 2016. Web. <http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/05/black-turnout-issue-democrats/93382474/>.

90.   Charles Ellison. “Black Voter Turnout: A Look at the Numbers.” Philadelphia Tribune, November 12, 2016. Web. <http://www.phillytrib.com/news/black-voter-turnout-a-look-at-the-numbers/article_49d1aed9-76be-550e-b063-15ad7639dc97.html>.

91.   Albert Hunt. “Clinton Lost Pennsylvania More Than Trump Won It.” Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg, November 16, 2016. Web. <https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-11-16/clinton-lost-pennsylvania-more-than-trump-won-it>.

92.   Sabrina Tavernise. “Many in Milwaukee Neighborhood Didn’t Vote—and Don’t Regret It.” New York Times, November 20, 2016. Web. <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us/many-in-milwaukee-neighborhood-didnt-vote-and-dont-regret-it.html?_r=0>.

93.   Jesse Singal. “Why Black Voters in Milwaukee Weren’t Enthused by Hillary Clinton.” New York Magazine, November 22, 2016. Web. <http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/why-black-voters-in-milwaukee-werent-enthused-by-clinton.html>.

94.   Ron Fonger. “Weaker Democratic Support in Detroit, Flint Made Trump Stronger in Michigan.” MLive.com, November 9, 2016. Web. <http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/detroit_flint_voting_muscle_we.html>.

95.   Eric Bradner, “Clinton leads Trump, two new polls show,” CNN, October 16, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/16/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-presidential-polls/.

96.   Andrew Restuccia, Sarah Wheaton, and Nancy Cook, “Clinton’s transition team hits the gas pedal,” CNN, October 21, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/hillary-clinton-transition-team-hiring-staff-230157.

97.   Aaron Blake, “The final Trump-Clinton debate transcript, annotated,” Washington Post, October 19, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/19/the-final-trump-clinton-debate-transcript-annotated/?utm_term=.b9149b74767f.

98.   Stephen Collinson, “Donald Trump refuses to say whether he’ll accept election results,” CNN, updated October 20, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/presidential-debate-highlights/.

99.   Jeremy Diamond, “Donald Trump: ‘I will totally accept’ election results ‘if I win,’” CNN, updated October 20, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/presidential-debate-highlights/.

Chapter 9

1.     Ian Schwartz, “Trump: Hillary Clinton is ‘Low Energy,’ Takes Naps; ‘No Naps for Trump!’” Real Clear Politics, July 25, 2016, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/07/25/trump_hillary_clinton_is_low-energy_takes_naps_no_naps_for_trump.html.

2.     James Comey, FBI Director, letter to Congressional leaders, October 28, 2016, http://media.washtimes.com.s3.amazonaws.com/media/misc/2016/10/28/Comey_Letter-Oct28.pdf.

3.     Stephen Dinan, “FBI reopens Clinton email investigation,” Washington Times, October 28, 2016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/28/james-comey-fbi-director-reopens-clinton-email-inv/.

4.     “Hillary Clinton Holds Press Conference After FBI Reopen Investigation,” YouTube, October 28 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnNv161JHqU.

5.     Evan Perez and Pamela Brown, “Comey notified Congress of email probe despite DOJ concerns,” CNN Politics, October 30, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/politics/fbi-reviewing-new-emails-in-clinton-probe-director-tells-senate-judiciary-committee/.

6.     Adam Goldman and Alan Rappeport, “Emails in Anthony Weiner Inquiry Jolt Hillary Clinton’s Campaign,” New York Times, October 28, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/29/us/politics/fbi-hillary-clinton-email.html.

7.     “FBI reopens Clinton probe after new emails found in Anthony Weiner case,” Fox News, October 28, 2016. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/28/fbi-reopens-investigation-into-clinton-email-use.html.

8.     “New Abedin Emails Reveal Hillary Clinton State Department Gave Special Access to Top Clinton Foundation Donors,” Press Release, Judicial Watch, August 22, 2016, http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/new-abedin-emails-reveal-hillary-clinton-state-department-gave-special-access-top-clinton-foundation-donors/. See also: “Huma Production 10” in Judicial Watch Document Archive, August 17, 2016, http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/tag/huma-production-10/.

9.     Jerome R. Corsi, Partners in Crime: The Clintons’ Scheme to Monetize the White House for Personal Profit (Washington, DC: WND Books, 2016). The description of the Clinton Foundation as a “vast criminal conspiracy” was developed originally by Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel and was first published by Corsi in the following WND.com article: Jerome R. Corsi, “Wall Street Expert: Clinton Foundation a ‘Vast Criminal Conspiracy,” WND.com, September 19, 2015, http://www.wnd.com/2015/09/wall-street-expert-clinton-foundation-a-vast-criminal-conspiracy/.

10.   Jerome R. Corsi, “1/3 of Abedin Emails 100% Redacted,” WND.com, August 25, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/08/13-of-abedin-emails-100-redacted/.

11.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Huma Abedin Forwarded Sensitive Material to Personal Email,” WND.com, August 29, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/08/huma-abedin-forwarded-sensitive-material-to-personal-email/.

12.   Brendan Bordelon, “New Huma Abedin E-mail address discovered ahead of Benghazi Committee Appearance,” National Review, October 15, 2015, http://www.nationalreview.com/article/425641/new-huma-abedin-e-mail-address-discovered-ahead-benghazi-committee-appearance-brendan.

13.   Stephan Dinan, “State Dept. confirms Clinton aides had other unreported email accounts,” Washington Times, August 14, 2015, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/14/clinton-aides-had-unreported-email-accounts-state/.

14.   Acknowledged in the following: Tyler Durden, New Clinton Emails Emerged as Part of FBI Probe into Anthony Weiner,” ZeroHedge.com, October 28, 2016, http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-28/new-clinton-emails-emerged-part-probe-anthony-weiners-electronic-devices-nyt.

15.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Security Vet: ‘Smoking Gun’ Email Should Put Hillary in Prison,” WND.com, September 8, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/09/security-vet-smoking-gun-email-should-put-hillary-in-prison/.

16.   CNN staff, “Anthony Weiner scandal: A timeline,” CNN Politics, updated August 30, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/30/politics/weiner-scandal-timeline/.

17.   Delvin Barrett, “FBI in Internal Feud Over Hillary Clinton Probe,” Wall Street Journal, October 30, 3016, http://www.wsj.com/articles/laptop-may-include-thousands-of-emails-linked-to-hillary-clintons-private-server-1477854957/.

18.   “Flip-flopping Dems, once big Comey fans, now piling on,” Fox News, October 31, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/31/flip-flopping-dems-once-big-comey-fans-now-piling-on.html.

19.   Matt Apuzzo, Michael S. Schmidt, and Adam Goldman, “Emails Warrant No New Action Against Hillary Clinton, F.B.I. Director Says,” New York Times, November 6, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/us/politics/hilary-clinton-male-voters-donald-trump.html.

20.   James Comey, FBI Director, letter to Congressional leaders, November 6, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/06/us/politics/fbi-letter-emails.html.

21.   Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, “How the F.B.I. Reviewed Thousands of Emails in One Week,” New York Times, November 7, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-fbi-emails.html.

22.   Jerome R. Corsi, “What Next for Hillary Investigation?” WND.com, November 16, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/11/what-next-for-hillary-investigation/.

23.   Zachary Karabell, The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election (New York: A Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2000), p. 133.

24.   David McCullough, Truman (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), p. 655.

25.   Ibid., p. 209.

26.   Ibid.

27.   Phyllis Schlafly, A Choice, Not an Echo (Alton, IL: Pere Marquette, 1964).

28.   David Weigel and Jose A. DelReal, “Phyllis Schlafly endorses Trump in St. Louis,” Washington Post, March 11, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/11/phyllis-schlafly-endorses-trump-in-st-louis/?utm_term=.8c1c4ced9d15.

29.   Phyllis Schlafly, with Ed Martin and Brett M. Decker, The Conservative Case for Trump (Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2016), “Introduction,” pp. ix-xix.

30.   Ibid.

31.   Glenn Thrush, “10 Crucial Decisions That Reshaped America,” Politico, December 9, 2016, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/2016-presidential-election-10-moments-trump-clinton-214508.

32.   Zachary Karabell, “The Last Campaign,” op.cit., p. 212.

33.   Ibid., p. 213.

34.   Ibid., p. 242.

35.   Sopan Deb, “‘Stay on point, Donald,’ Trump tells himself in Pensacola,” CBS News, November 2, 2016, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/stay-on-point-donald-trump-said-at-his-last-rally-of-the-day/.

36.   Jim Hoft, “Exhausted Hillary Is Taking Off Weekends—And Media is Covering It Up,” Gateway Pundit, August 15, 2015, http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/08/hillarys-taking-weekends-off/.

37.   Ibid.

38.   Jim Hoft, “Stunning Numbers: Trump Leads Hillary in Rally Attendance by Half a Million People Since August,” Gateway Pundit, October 23, 2016, http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/10/no-joke-hillary-rarely-has-more-than-1000-at-her-events/

39.   Jim Hoft, “Enthusiasm Matters: Trump Spoke to Nearly a Million Supporters Since August—Clinton Spoke to 110,000,” Gateway Pundit, November 13, 2016, http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/hard-work-and-excitement-win-elections-trump-with-nearly-1m-at-rallies-since-august-1st-to-clintons-110k/.

40.   Ford Springer, “Trump’s Plane is Big League Compared to Clinton’s,” Daily Caller, October 20, 2016, http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/20/trumps-plane-is-big-league-compared-to-clintons-photos/.

41.   “Top 10 Facts about Donald Trump’s Boeing 757,” AviationCV.com, May 10, 2016, https://www.aviationcv.com/aviation-blog/2016/top-10-facts-about-donald-trumps-boeing.

42.   Jennifer Palmieri, email to John Podesta, Subject: “Re: Topper for New Hampshire,” April 4, 2015, WikiLeaks “Podesta Email File,” Email #4433, https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/4433.

43.   Kaitlan Collins, “Leaked Emails Reveal That Hillary Clinton Had To Be Told When To Smile During Speeches,” Daily Caller, October 11, 2016, http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/11/leaked-emails-reveal-that-hillary-clinton-had-to-be-told-when-to-smile-during-speeches/. See also: “WikiLeaks: Hillary Told When to SMILE During Interviews,” Right Wing News, October 11, 2016, http://rightwingnews.com/top-news/wikileaks-hillary-told-smile-interviews/.

44.   Brent Budowski, email to John Podesta, Subject: “Bernie, Elizabeth, and deBlasio,” March 13, 2016, WikiLeaks “Podesta Email File,” Email #3990, https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/3990, See also: Kerry Picket, “WikiLeaks: Left Wing Journo Tells Podesta Hillary Lies ‘Candidly,’” Daily Caller, October 11, 2016, http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/11/wikileaks-left-wing-journo-tells-podesta-hillary-lies-candidly/.

45.   John Podesta, email chain with Neera Tanden, Subject: “Re: Emails—my thoughts,” August 22, 2015, WikiLeaks “Podesta Email File,” Email #11,136, https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/11136#efmAC0AGw.

46.   John Podesta, email chain with Robby Mook and Cheryl Mills, Subject: “Re: From the Washington Post: The Fix: How Hillary Clinton can correct the biggest mistake she made in 2008,” March 22, 2014, WikiLeaks “Podesta Email File,” Email #2528, https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/2528.

47.   Ben Wolfgang, “Clinton campaign mocks Catholics, Southerners, ‘needy Latinos’ in emails,” Washington Times, October 12, 2016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/12/hillary-clinton-campaigns-wikileaks-emails-reveal-/.

Conclusion

1.     “Transcript: Donald Trump’s Victory Speech,” New York Times, November 9, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/us/politics/trump-speech-transcript.html.

2.     Theodore H. White, quoted in Eric Pace, “Theodore White, Chronicler of U.S. Politics, is Dead at 71,” New York Times, May 16, 1986, http://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/16/obituaries/theodore-white-chronicler-of-us-politics-is-dead-at-71.html?pagewanted=all.

3.     Larry Celona, Richard Johnson, and Bruce Golding, “Hillary already planning her giant victory celebration,” New York Post, October 31, 2016, http://nypost.com/2016/10/31/hillary-planning-election-night-fireworks-show-on-hudson-river/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=twitter.

4.     “Hillary Clinton Pulls Plug on Election Night Fireworks,” TMZ.com, November 17, 2016, http://www.tmz.com/2016/11/07/hillary-clinton-cancels-fireworks-election-night/.

5.     Ciara McCarthy and Claire Phipps, “Election results timeline: How the night unfolded,” Guardian, November 9, 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/08/presidential-election-updates-trump-clinton-news.

6.     “Reports: Clinton Had a Violent Meltdown on Election Night,” Political Insider, http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/hillary-drunk-violent-meltdown-election-night/.

7.     Kay Meyer, “Hillary Clinton Declines to Appear at Election Night Rally; Podesta Tells Crowd to Go Home,” Mediate.com, November 9, 2016, http://www.mediaite.com/tv/hillary-clinton-declines-to-appear-at-election-night-rally-podesta-tells-crowd-to-go-home/. See also: Kaitlan Collins, “Hillary refuses to address election night party—sends Podesta to give speech!” Daily Caller, November 9, 2016, http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/09/hillary-refuses-to-concede-sends-podesta-to-give-speech/.

8.     “Leaked Video Shows Hillary Celebrating Election Night!” Live Leak, http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=458_1479715541, published on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKhGEeZSQs0.

9.     R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., “Where was Hillary? Losing it on a losing night,” American Spectator, November 14, 2016, https://spectator.org/where-was-hillary/.

10.   Daniel J. Flynn, “Hillary Clinton Screaming Obscenities and Throwing Objects in Election Night Meltdown,” Breitbart.com, November 15, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/11/15/hillary-clinton-screaming-obscenities-and-throwing-objects-in-election-night-meltdown/.

11.   Eun Kyung Kim, “Donald Trump’s campaign Chief: Calls from Obama and Clinton were ‘warm’ and ‘thorough,’” Today.com, November 9, 2009, http://www.today.com/news/donald-trump-s-campaign-chief-calls-obama-clinton-were-warm-t104826.

12.   CNN Staff, “Here’s the full text of Donald Trump’s victory speech,” CNN, November 9, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/donald-trump-victory-speech/.

13.   CNN Staff, “Here’s the full text of Donald Trump’s victory speech,” CNN.com, November 9, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/donald-trump-victory-speech/.

14.   Israel Shenker, “2 Critics Here Focus on Films as Language Conference Opens,” December 28, 1972. See also: James Wolcott, “The Fraudulent Factoid That Refuses to Die,” Vanity Fair, October 23, 2012, http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/10/The-Fraudulent-Factoid-That-Refuses-to-Die.

15.   Kristina Rodulfo, “Why It’s Important that Hillary Clinton Wore Purple Today,” Elle, November 9, 2016, http://www.elle.com/fashion/news/a40669/hillary-clinton-purple-suit-concession-speech/.

16.   Kenzie Bryant, “The Symbolism of Hillary Clinton Wearing Purple During Her Concession Speech,” Vanity Fair, November 9, 2016, http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/11/hillary-clinton-purple-concession-speech.

17.   “Hillary Clinton’s concession speech (full text),” CNN Politics, November 9, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/hillary-clinton-concession-speech/.

18.   Paulina Firozi, “Quote from Clinton concession speech the most retreated of the election,” The Hill, November 17, 2016, http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/306699-quote-from-clinton-concession-speech-the-most-retweeted-tweet-of-the.

19.   Clare Malone, “Clinton Couldn’t Win Over White Women,” FiveThirtyEight.com, November 9, 2016, http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/clinton-couldnt-win-over-white-women/.

20.   Jack Brewer, “Why Hillary Clinton couldn’t rally the black vote,” CNBC, November 11, 2016, http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/11/why-hillary-clinton-couldnt-rally-the-black-vote-commentary.html.

21.   USAID, “Assessing and Verifying Election Results,” April 2015, https://yali.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/01/Assessing-and-Verifying-Election-Results-Summary-Document.pdf.

22.   Donald J. Trump, Posting on Twitter, November 10, 2016, 9:19 pm, https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/796900183955095552.

23.   Donald J. Trump, Posting on Twitter, November 11, 2016, 6:14 am, https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/797034721075228672.

24.   Terrence Petty and Robert Jablon, “Oregon is epicenter as Trump protests surge across nation,” Associated Press, November 11, 2016.

25.   Ibid.

26.   Leah Sottile, Samantha Schmidt, and Brian Murphy, “Anti-Trump protestors take to the streets in many cities for a third night, Washington Post, November 12, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/11/violence-erupts-in-portland-riot-as-anti-trump-protests-continue-in-cities-across-the-nation/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.76ddf45f5e71.

27.   Kyle Iboshi, “Most of arrested Portland protestors are from Oregon,” KGW.com, November 15, 2016, http://www.kgw.com/news/local/more-than-half-of-arrested-anti-trump-protesters-didnt-vote/351964445.

28.   Aimee Green, “At least third of arrested anti-Trump protestors didn’t vote,” The Oregonian, November 15, 2016, http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/11/nearly_13_of_arrested_anti-tru.html.

29.   Jim Hoft, “Here’s Proof that Soros Money Is Funding the Anti-Trump Leftist Protest-Riots,” Gateway Pundit, November 14, 2016, http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/heres-proof-soros-money-funding-anti-trump-leftist-protest-riots/.

30.   Lisa Lerer, “Clinton blames FBI director for presidential loss,” Associated Press, November 12, 2016.

31.   Amy Chozick, “Hillary Clinton Blames F.B.I. Director for Election Loss,” New York Times, November 12, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/us/politics/hillary-clinton-james-comey.html.

32.   Ibid.

33.   Lisa Lerer, “Clinton says Putin’s ‘personal beef’ prompted election hacks,” Associated Press, December 16, 2016.

34.   Amy Chozick, “Clinton Says ‘Personal Beef’ by Putin Led to Hacking Attacks,” New York Times, December 16, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/us/politics/hillary-clinton-russia-fbi-comey.html.

35.   “Full Podesta: ‘Investigate What Actually Happened’ with Russia hacking,” NBC News, “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd,” Sunday, December 18, 2016, http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/podesta-investigate-what-actually-happened-with-russia-836030531626. See also: “Transcript: ‘Meet the Press’ 12/28/2016, NBC News, http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-12-18-2016-n697546.

36.   Alex Johnson, “WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange: ‘No Proof’ Hacked DNC Emails Came From Russia,” NBC News, July 25, 2016, http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wikileaks-julian-assange-no-proof-hacked-dnc-emails-came-russia-n616541.

37.   “WikiLeaks founder Assange on hacked Podesta, DNC emails: ‘Our source is not the Russian government,’” Fox News, December 16, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/16/wikileaks-founder-assange-on-hacked-podesta-dnc-emails-our-source-is-not-russian-government.html.

38.   Ibid.

39.   Bradford Richardson, “Peter King: CIA doing ‘hit job’ against Donald Trump; ‘no evidence’ Russia behind Podesta hack,” Washington Times, December 18, 2016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/18/peter-king-cia-doing-hit-job-against-donald-trump-/?.

40.   Tal Kopan, “Polygraph panic: CIA director fretted his vote for communist,” CNN, September 15, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/john-brennan-cia-communist-vote/.

41.   Drew Zahn, “Shock Claim: Obama Picks Muslim for CIA Chief,” WND.com, February 10, 2013, http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/shock-claim-obama-picks-muslim-for-cia-chief/.

42.   Clare Kim, “What, no Bible? Conservatives angered that Brennan took oath on Constitution,” MSNBC, March 11, 2013, http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/what-no-bible.

43.   EmptyWheel, “John Brennan Sworn in as CIA Director Using Constitution Lacking Bill of Rights,” March 8, 2013, http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/03/08/john-brennan-sworn-in-as-cia-director-using-constitution-lacking-bill-of-rights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=john-brennan-sworn-in-as-cia-director-using-constitution-lacking-bill-of-rights.

44.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Brennan: Don’t Use ‘Jihad’ to Describe Terrorists,” WND.com, January 9, 2013, http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/brennan-dont-use-jihad-to-describe-terrorists/. See also: The White House, “John Brennan Speaks on National Security at NYU,” YouTube, posted February 13, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKUpmFb4h_U&NR=1.

45.   Associated Press, “Here’s What Jill Stein Is Doing with the Leftover Money She Raised for Election Recounts,” December 13, 2016, as reported in Fortune, http://fortune.com/2016/12/13/jill-stein-recounts-money/.

46.   Gabriel Sherman, “Experts Urge Clinton Campaign to Challenge Election Results in 3 Swing States,” New York Magazine, November 22, 2016, http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/activists-urge-hillary-clinton-to-challenge-election-results.html.

47.   Zach Montellaro, “Jill Stein files for recount in Wisconsin,” Politico, November 25, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/jill-stein-recount-effort-231829.

48.   J. Alex Halderman, “Want to Know if the Election was Hacked? Look at the Ballots,” Medium.com, November 23, 2016, https://medium.com/@jhalderm/want-to-know-if-the-election-was-hacked-look-at-the-ballots-c61a6113b0ba#.647sp9bo4.

49.   Shane Harris, “Sorry, Hillary Clinton Fans. There’s ‘Zero Evidence’ of Election Hacking,” Daily Beast, November 23, 2016, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/23/sorry-hillary-there-s-zero-evidence-of-election-hacking.html.

50.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Green Party’s Stein Files for Wisconsin Vote Recount,” WND.com, November 25, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/11/operation-steal-seeks-recount-to-declare-hillary-president/.

51.   Eugene Scott, “Clinton to join recount that Trump calls a ‘scam’” CNN Politics, November 28, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/26/politics/clinton-campaign-recount/.

52.   Kyle Cheney and Gabriel Debenedetti, “Rogue electors brief Clinton camp on anti-Trump plan,” Politico, December 5, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/electoral-college-rogues-trump-clinton-232195.

53.   Ibid.

54.   Joel Kurth and Jonathan Oosting, “Records: Too many votes in 37 percent of Detroit’s precincts,” Detroit News, December 13, 2016, http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/12/records-many-votes-detroits-precincts/95363314/.

55.   Matthew DeFour, “Completed Wisconsin recount widens Donald Trump lead by 131 votes,” Wisconsin State Journal, December 13, 2016, http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/completed-wisconsin-recount-widens-donald-trump-s-lead-by-votes/article_3f61c6ac-5b18-5c27-bf38-e537146bbcdd.html.

56.   Byron Tau, “Jill Stein Supporters Drop Pennsylvania Recount Suit.” Wall Street Journal, December 4, 2016, http://www.wsj.com/articles/jill-stein-supporters-drop-pennsylvania-recount-suit-1480810987.

57.   “Roger Stone and John Haggerty Discuss Why the Stein Clinton Recount Was …,” InRealTime.blogspot.com, December 22, 2016, https://inrealtyme.blogspot.com/2016/12/roger-stone-and-john-haggerty-discuss.html.

58.   Add endnote: Roger Stone, “Can the 2016 election be rigged? You bet,” The Hill, August 16, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/291534-can-the-2016-election-be-rigged-you-bet.

59.   Add endnote: Ben Wofford, “How to Hack an Election in 7 Minutes,” Politico, August 5, 2016, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/2016-elections-russia-hack-how-to-hack-an-election-in-seven-minutes-214144.

60.   HamiltonElectors.com, “About,” no date, http://www.hamiltonelectors.com/about.

61.   Lilly O’Donnell, “Meet the ‘Hamilton Electors’ Hoping for an Electoral College Revolt,” The Atlantic, November 21, 2016, http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/meet-the-hamilton-electors-hoping-for-an-electoral-college-revolt/508433/.

62.   Alexander Hamilton, “The Mode of Electing the President,” Federalist Papers Number 68, March 14, 1788, http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed68.asp.

63.   Daniel Brezenoff, “Electoral College: Make Hillary Clinton President,” Change.org, no date, https://www.change.org/p/electoral-college-make-hillary-clinton-president-on-december-19-4a78160a-023c-4ff0-9069-53cee2a095a8. Petition website accessed at https://electoralcollegepetition.com/#gs.UbnDh14.

64.   John Merline, commentary, “It’s Official: Clinton’s Popular Vote Win Came Entirely from California,” Investors.com, December 16, 2016, http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/its-official-clintons-popular-vote-win-came-entirely-from-california/.

65.   Valerie Richardson, “Electoral College members harassed, threatened in last-ditch attempt to block Trump,” Washington Times, November 22, 2016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/22/gop-electors-harassed-threatened-foes-maneuver-blo/.

66.   Mark Moore, “Electors are being harassed, threatened in bid to stop Trump,” New York Post, December 14, 2016, http://nypost.com/2016/12/14/electors-are-being-harassed-threatened-in-bid-to-stop-trump/.

67.   Eric M. Johnson and Jon Herskovitz, “Trump wins Electoral College vote; a few electors break ranks,” Reuters, December 20, 2016, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-electoralcollege-idUSKBN1480FQ.

68.   Associated Press, “Four Washington state electors defect from Clinton; one chooses Faith Spotted Eagle instead,” December 19, 2016, reported in the Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-four-members-of-washington-state-1482181899-htmlstory.html.

69.   Scott Detrow, “Donald Trump Secures Electoral College Win, with Few surprises,” National Public Radio, December 19, 2016, http://www.npr.org/2016/12/19/506188169/donald-trump-poised-to-secure-electoral-college-win-with-few-surprises.

70.   “Donald Trump Completes Final Lap, Electoral College, to White House,” New York Times, December 19, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/us/politics/electoral-college-vote.html.

71.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Did CIA Pick Sanitize Obama’s Passport Records?” WND.com, January 8, 2013, http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/did-cia-pick-sanitize-obamas-passport-records/.

72.   Darren Samuelson, “Stone ‘happy to cooperate’ with FBI on WikiLeaks, Russian hacking probes,” Politico, October 14, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/roger-stone-fbi-wikileaks-russia-229821.

73.   Alana Goodman, “Exclusive: Ex-British ambassador who is not a WikiLeaks operative claims Russia did NOT provide Clinton emails—they were handed over to him at a D.C. park by an intermediary for ‘disgusted’ Democratic whistleblowers,” Daily Mail, December 14, 2016, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4034038/Ex-British-ambassador-WikiLeaks-operative-claims-Russia-did-NOT-provide-Clinton-emails-handed-D-C-park-intermediary-disgusted-Democratic-insiders.html.

74.   Pamela Engel, “Former CIA Director accuses Trump allies of working on behalf of the Russians,” Business Insider, October 14, 2016, http://finance.yahoo.com/news/former-cia-director-accuses-trump-171136453.html.

75.   Jerome R. Corsi, “Hillary Campaign Chief Linked to Money-Laundering in Russia,” WND.com, October 13, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/10/hillary-campaign-chief-linked-to-money-laundering-in-russia/.

76.   Roger Stone, “Russian Mafia money laundering, the Clinton Foundation, and John Podesta,” StoneColdTruth.com, October 13, 2016, http://stonecoldtruth.com/blog/2016/10/13/russian-mafia-money-laundering-the-clinton-foundation-and-john-podesta/.

77.   Edwin Mora, “Security Contractor, DIA Docs Debunk Michael Morell’s Benghazi Narrative,” Breitbart.com, May 19, 2015, http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/05/19/sources-military-intel-documents-debunk-michael-morells-benghazi-attack-account/.

78.   Jim Hoft, “Surprise! Former CIA Director Who Altered Benghazi Talking Points to Benefit Obama Endorses Hillary,” Gateway Pundit, August 5, 2016, http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/08/news-former-cia-director-altered-benghazi-talking-points-benefit-obama-endorses-hillary/.

79.   Patrick Poole, “Former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell Can’t Keep His Stories Straight,” PJ Media, August 9, 2016, https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/2016/08/09/clinton-defender-former-cia-deputy-director-mike-morell-cant-get-his-story-straight-on-syrias-assad-and-putin/.

80.   David Leonhardt, “The Democrats’ Real Turnout Problem,” New York Times, November 17, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/opinion/sunday/the-democrats-real-turnout-problem.html.

81.   Amanda Sakuma, “Trump Did Better with Blacks, Hispanics than Romney in ’12: Exit Polls,” NBC News, November 9, 2016, http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/trump-did-better-blacks-hispanics-romney-12-exit-polls-n681386.

82.   Karen Tumulty and Phillip Rucker, “Shouting match erupts between Clinton and Trump aides,” Washington Post, December 1, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/shouting-match-erupts-between-clinton-and-trump-aides/2016/12/01/7ac4398e-b7ea-11e6-b8df-600bd9d38a02_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_election750p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&tid=a_inl&utm_term=.79785b00c5c9.

83.   Kevin Drum, “The 3 Big Reasons Hillary Clinton Lost,” Mother Jones, November 21, 2016, http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/11/why-clinton-lost-bitter-bernie-crooked-comey-and-wounded-working-class.

84.   David Plouffe, “David Plouffe: What I Got Wrong About the Election,” New York Times, November 11, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/opinion/what-i-got-wrong-about-the-election.html?_r=0.